I am in DESPERATE need of help with my Mac specific WD Passport hard drive. I have been storing ALL MY PHOTOS of my travels since 2005 on this hard drive, and while attempting to upload to Dropbox recently (to create a back up online that couldn't be lost!), I moved my MacBook slightly and the hard drive disconnected briefly (during the upload). Now every time I connect the hard drive, an error message appears saying 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer'. I then click on initialize which takes me to the Disk Utility. WD My Passport is unreadable on Mac? Follow the tutorial to fix WD My Passport not readable or corrupted on macOS Mojave/High Sierra/Sierra, and recover data from unreadable WD external hard drive with free Mac data recovery software without loss. How to fix disk unreadable error in macOS Mojave/High Sierra? Tutorial to fix the disk you inserted was not readable by this Mac computer and recover data from. I have tried using the Disk Utility (as the hard drive shows up in the left bar), but haven't been successful. If I click on 'verify' - it says that the disk needs to be repaired. When I click on 'repair', it gives me the following details: Verify and Repair volume “disk1s3” Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume. Invalid record count Catalog file entry not found for extent The volume could not be verified completely. Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files. Then the Disk Utility stops and gives me the final message: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files. Now, I would LOVE to back up my files - I just don't know how to access them if my computer can't read them. Mac book 2gb video for editing vs. I have changed the USB cable - and still no change. I can hear the hard drive firing up, but after a while it just stops completely. Please, please, please can someone help me with some good advice??? I'm talking about years and years of memories! I am really hoping for some good news that I can get all my photos off this hard drive - I really don't care if I can't use the hard drive itself again, I just want all my beautiful memories back!! Thank you in advance - I look forward to your reply. Warm Regards, Liz. I am in DESPERATE need of help with my Mac specific WD Passport hard drive. I know this is old but if u have been taking out your hard drive by just unplugging it like your used to in windows than that was the problem. You should be able to go into Disk Utility and locate your hard drive name there,, Then Click 'repair' it will go through a few little things and then presto its fixed. You shouldn't loose a thing,, It happens to my WD passport all the time and i was scared because i had my music backed up because I'm a dj.
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