How to enter windows external hard disk on mac

how is it formatted? did it happen after you have updated your osx? maybe you lost ability to read ntfs if it was formated like that…

Right-click “My Computer”, select “Manage”. After the security prompts, you’re faced with a large 2- or 3-pane window. On the left pane, select “Disk Management”.

Look at the bottom half. Is your drive there? You might need to scroll. Look for “Disk x Removable”

If so, to the right of the label you should see “xxx Gb, Healthy”. Right-click this and select “Change Drive Letters and Paths”

In the resulting window, choose “Add” then pick a letter. Okay everything and the drive should appear in My Computer.

If you did not see the drive, there may be a fault – try switching USB ports or even cable if possible.

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