If you use external USB or FireWire hard drives on your Mac, one problem you may encounter is where the drive will not mount in OS X when attached to your computer. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor ...

Time Machine and other backup programs have boosted demand for external hard drives. To meet this demand, drive manufacturers began marketing their products in external enclosures, but have not always ...

Why your 'backup' drive is corrupting files: The danger of USB hubs and micro-disconnects ...

Some Mac users are discovering they can't use their external drives with macOS Tahoe 26.3 and it seems Apple knows something's wrong. Let us know what works for you, and what doesn't.

An issue preventing some external drives from mounting onto a Mac running macOS Sonoma has plagued users for months, and it probably was caused by changes Apple made to drive handling. Hardware ...

Your Mac has begun showing signs of trouble. Perhaps you frequently get errors when trying to open or save files. You suspect a problem with the hard drive. Before panic sets in, you want to launch ...

When hard-drive disaster strikes, you need to start up your Mac from another drive to repair it. In days gone by, you would typically boot from the install CD or DVD that came with your Mac (assuming ...

External hard drives can be moved between systems, reformatted at will, and repurposed without risking the data or stability of a primary computer.

Whether you live in a “PlayStation household” or an “Xbox household,” your gaming console is likely one of the most important electronic devices in your home. For some people, the amount of storage ...