I have a 2TB mypassport drive that i use with my macbook pro, its the one that fits in the rugged case and is USB 3.0.

I went to plug it in to my MPB today and nothing happens, the light comes on in the hard drive and i can hear it running but it doesnt seem to mount on to my MBP, it doesnt show up in disk utilities either.

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Now my Mac does not recognize the drive i can see it in disk utility but cannot do anything with it.

Extremly frustrated I have 2 itunes librarys and 2 iphoto libraries on this drive.

Luckily I used exFat format - so I can still get the data from Windows 8 (so the data is fine).

Did a reboot with it plugged in and Disk Utility found it again.

Arrived in office to see error message about drive being removed but not properly ejected.

I have disconnectedreconnected the drive, and rebooted the computer, but it does not mount and does not appear from within Disk Utility, although it does have light on and feels like it is spinning.

I tried attaching my (usually) offsite backup drive (different brand) to do a backup this morning - and it wasnt recognised either Wierd, because my two main USB3 drives are working perfectly.

Disk Utility cant scan it, although it DOES see it, incorrectly, as a 2.2 TB drive ().

Still, no luck, wont mount the drive, even after erasing all WD software.

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I did not re-run the Firmware update on it, fearing it would make matters worse, and did not re-init the drive with Disk Utility.

I hear that using another SATA to USB controller enclosure makes the data accessible, but would rather hear something, anything from WD.

For such an expensive item this is not acceptable, especially since this issue has been around for so long.

I am using a WD My Passport for Mac 1TB HD with my MacBook Air.

I configured this HD for Time Machine and worked fine for a while.

I ran WD Drive Utilities and this software is able to find it.

The Quick Drive Test runs up to 90 and never passes from there.

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