

Wondering if this is an issue with Monterey since the older coms are not running that OS and are working fine. Not sure what to do as the internet isnt helping solve the problem. It also still works on older devices.Ĥ) The other drive is brand new and nothing is working for that one to mount as well. For more information, You can contact WD’s Technical support from the below mentioned link. ( error 49153."ģ) I have run diagnoistics on the older drive and everything came back fine. support-en.wd.com How to Format a Drive for Use on Both Windows and macOS Using exFat or FAT32 How to format an external hard drive to be compatible with Windows and mac operating systems. Which is the best format for an external hard drive for Mac and PC 5. Here you can add Partition Label to the partition going to be formatted if you want. Choose exFAT or FAT32 among the listed file systems on the drop-down menu. How to format an external hard drive for Windows PC 4. Right-click the partition on the WD hard drive and choose Format Partition. How to format an external hard drive for Mac 3. Neither are working on the new ones.Ģ) I have looked in disk utility and I can see the drives but I cannot mount them. How to make an external hard drive compatible with Mac and PC without formatting 2.

No matter what I do I can not get ANY exernal drive to mount on any of my new Macbooks running Monterey.ġ) I have downloaded the WD discovery and utility which is the program that has helped my older macbook and imac mount the drives. I also bought a brand new external drive (WD My Passport- which is suppoed to be compatable with macs) as well as have my old external drive (WD My Passport) that has been working on my old mackbook 15in and my even older iMac for years. Because, during the reformatting process any data that is on the hard disk drive. My Passport Drives not working on brand new comp I have recently bought a brand 2 new Macbook Pro 14in and its running Monterey. First you should make a backup of all the data on your Western Digital HDD.
