Samsung T7 Not Working On Mac - Solution

Samsung T7 is a sturdy and compact hard drive that lets you preserve your digital memories in the best way possible. Although it is an efficient hard drive, due to several reasons, it may not work on your Mac. However, when you implement the right strategies, you can tackle this trouble efficiently. If your Samsung T7 not working on Mac, try the following techniques and see if they work for you.

Check The Fundamentals

Before trying the advanced troubleshooting solutions, check if the problem exists with the basics. The following instructions will guide you in that regard.

• The Samsung T7 hard drive comes with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB C to A cable and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB C to C cable. Ensure you are using the USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB C to A cable on your Mac. Also, ensure the cable is working fine and connected to both ends firmly.
• Connecting the hard drive to a different computer can help you handle the problem efficiently. So, try doing it now.
• Samsung T7 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 or higher OS. Ensure your Mac meets this minimum requirement.
• If you find no fault with these basics, proceed to the following solutions.

Check The Finder Settings

• If you have not set your hard drive to show up on your Mac, you cannot locate it on your desktop. Follow these instructions to fix this issue.
• On your Mac, click Finder and select Preferences.
• Go to the General tab and ensure that the External disks box is checked.
• Now, make sure wheather the samsung t7 not recognized mac issue is solved or not.

Mount Your Hard Drive Manually And Run First Aid

• This technique works if you cannot locate your hard drive in the Disk Utility section.
• On your Mac, open the Applications folder and click Utilities > Disk Utility.
• In the left pane, locate your Samsung T7 hard drive, select it, and click the Mount option at the top.



• Once your hard drive is mounted, click the First Aid option at the top.
• When the Run First Aid on “Samsung T7”? dialog box appears, click the Run button.
• Now, Disk Utility will perform the best repair to rectify your Samsung T7 hard drive issue.
• Hopefully, this troubleshooting solution should work for your Samsung Portable SSD T7 Not Detected Mac issue.

Change Software Settings

If you have not allowed the software to be installed on your Mac, you cannot use the Samsung portable SSD software. In that case, your T7 hard drive will not work. To fix this issue, you must make a few changes in the Security & Privacy section. Follow these instructions to proceed further.

• Disconnect your Samsung T7 hard drive from your Mac.
• Navigate to System Preferences and click the Security & Privacy option.
• Locate the System software from developer “Samsung Electronics” was blocked from loading option and click the Allow button.



• Reconnect T7 to your Mac, install the Samsung portable SSD software, and ensure your problem is rectified.

Format Samsung T7 For Mac

Samsung T7 comes preformatted with the Samsung T7 exFat file system so that you can use it on both Windows and Mac OSs. In case you have reformatted it with the NTFS file system or any other formats which are not supported by Mac, it will not work on your Mac. To fix this trouble, you should format your hard drive with the HFS+/exFAT file system.

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