*WD My Passport* In Mavericks, the System Information view of USB should show whether the WD hardware is recognised. It may show the hardware without showing details that are normally associated with a storage device.
Did you use Disk Utility to partition the drive? On any of the computers where the drive works, was WD Security software used? *Further reading* Re: TM - External Disk Drive Not Detected in Recovery Mode <https://discussions.apple.com/message/26091585> (2014-06-01) – from that I assume that use of WD Security, for encryption, causes the entire drive (not just its volume(s)) to be invisible to software such as Disk Utility, where third party WD software is not installed. The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer. HELP PLEASE <http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-Mac/The-disk-you-inserted-was-not-readable-by-this-computer-HELP/td-p/402943> (2012-08-05) – I assume that in that case, the WD attempt to unlock the drive succeeded only in making the drive visible – without successfully decrypting all that was required for a partition to be recognisable as having a Mac-compatible file system. PSA: Avoid WD Passport drives. You can't reformat them for use as just a normal drive with Linux. <http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/17b64a/psa_avoid_wd_passport_drives_you_cant_reformat/> (2013-01-26) … WD has decided to include hidden partitions … – and so on. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
