My Book Won't Download To My Macbook Pro



Posted by Katrina to Mac Data Recovery Tips on January 21st, 2019

I’m trying to copy a folder of photos from my MacBook Pro to My Book, when I try that, the “copy WD Internal Drive” option is not available. When I try to drag & drop (just to test if that is even possible), I get a 'My Book can not be modified? Can any one help with this? Google Chrome won't download to my Mac book? I am trying to install Google Chrome on my laptop Mac Book Pro.it never installs just loops. Having the same.

I got my MacBook old hard drive replaced with a shiny new SSD but ran into problems. After hitting the power on button, I heard the familiar start-up chime but Mac screen turned white or gray and showed no sign of progress. When I booted into macOS Recovery mode, the new SSD was greyed out and unmounted. How to fix?

Apple always does everything to make MacBook Pro's hardware sleek and powerful but it isn't immune to hard disk failure, viruses, physical damage and other threats that can result data disaster condition. Sometimes, your MacBook Pro SSD won't mount or MacBook Pro doesn't recognize the SSD in Disk Utility, which prevents the system from boot up correctly.

Don't be panic, the SSD can be found in Disk Utility, you can make sure it doesn't have any hardware problems. This passage will show you what to do when SSD is not mounting on MacBook Pro, as well as recover lost data from the unbootable Mac computer.

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First of all: Data recovery from unmountable MacBook Pro SSD

No matter what causes MacBook Pro SSD not booting issue, all your critical data becomes inaccessible. If you didn't back up or keep backups updated, the first and foremost thing is to run MacBook Pro data recovery from the unmountable MacBook Pro SSD.

As your Mac internal hard drive won't mount, it's not easy to get lost data back, but it's not impossible with iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac. The program is a free Mac data recovery tool that helps you recover documents, pictures, audios, videos, emails when SSDs, internal hard drives, Macintosh HDs not mounted in Disk Utility. Even when your MacBook Pro/Air, iMac, Mac mini won't boot, it is able to transfer files from a broken Mac to a new Mac.

Unlike other data recovery software that need to take out the internal SSD, you are able to create a bootable drive to recover lost data or run iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac from iBoysoft server.

Method 1: If you have only one Mac computer

If you have only one Mac computer, please directlyrun iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac in macOS Recovery mode and recover lost data from the unmountable MacBook Pro SSD.

Method 2: If you have two Mac computers

Step 1: Download iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac on the healthy Mac computer.

Step 2: Install and launch iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac on this Mac computer.

Step 3: Click iBoysoft Data Recovery on the menu bar and then select 'Create Boot Drive'.

Step 4: Insert a USB drive into this healthy Mac computer.

Step 5: Follow the wizard to create a bootable recovery drive on the USB drive.

Step 6: When the creation process completes, you can insert the USB drive into the unbootable Mac computer, and then press the Power button and Option key (⌥) to start the Mac up.

Step 7: Select iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac from the boot options.

Step 8: Follow the wizard to scan for the lost data on the unmounted MacBook Pro SSD.

Step 9: Choose the files you want to get back, and then click Recover button.

Besides, iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac can also recover lost data from formatted drives, recover lost data from unreadable drives, and recover lost data from corrupted drives, etc. It is fully compatible with macOS Big Sur 11/Catalina 10.15/Mojave 10.14/High Sierra 10.13/10.12 and OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/10.7.

How to fix MacBook Pro SSD not mounted/booting?

Fix 1: Run First Aid to repair unmounted MacBook Pro SSD

Within the Disk Utility, First Aid is a function for checking and repairing files system errors. Fortunately, macOS also provides an option to run First Aid on startup drives, just follow these steps below:

Step 1: Boot your Mac into macOS Recovery mode. Start your MacBook Pro and hold down the Command and R keys simultaneously until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe. Then release the keys.

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Step 2: Select Disk Utility from the macOS Utilities menu and click Continue.

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Step 3: Select the unmounted MacBook Pro SSD from the left-hand panel.

Step 4: Click First Aid on the top of the window and wait while it verifying and repairing errors.

Fix 2: Reformat and reinstall to fix MacBook Pro SSD not mounted/booting

If the MacBook Pro SSD has serious logical errors, Disk Utility cannot repair the disk. In this case, reformatting is the most effective solution to bring back your MacBook Pro to a normal working state. Please be sure you have backed up as the reformatting process will erase all data on the SSD.

Step 1: Boot your Mac to macOS Recovery mode.

Step 2: Select Disk Utility from the macOS Utilities menu.

Step 3: Select the unmountable MacBook Pro SSD from the side bar.

Step 4: Click Erase from the top.

Step 5: Setup the required information (i.e. Name, Scheme, Format, etc.) to reformat the disk and click Done when finished.

Step 6: Go back to macOS Utilities screen and select Reinstall macOS.

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Still have questions?

23.04.2016

Why won't my MacBook Pro recognize my Nikon camera? - 1

24.04.2016

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I tried multiple USB cords and on both ports, it works with my Canon Powershot fine, but won't show up when I plug in my Nikon D40.

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Also I was taking pictures and when I went to upload them into my computer magically everything was lost? I had hundreds of pictures in there and I know for a fact I did not do any deleting. Now when I turn it on it tells me I need to format the card. What's going on?

24.04.2016

What are you attempting to do?

If you are attempting to copy image files from your camera to your computer, you need to remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into your Apple computer. Use Finder to copy all the images from the card to a new file folder you name for the subject/location and date so you can find the images years later

If when you have your card in the card reader, the card shows empty or is said it needs to be formatted (do NOT format any of your cards using your Apple computer)

Download a free image recovery program like the Transcend RecoveRx and using it, recover the images that have become corrupted on your memory card

24.04.2016

MacBook Pros usually only recognise Apple products

24.04.2016

If all you need to do is copy photos from the camera to the computer, you don't need to fix that issue. Get a cheap USB card reader and use that to connect the camera's memory card directly to the computer's USB slot then use Finder to do the copying to know exactly where you put the photos and to be sure the quality does not change during the process.

24.04.2016

I suspect, unfortunately, that you have not been following the explicit instructions (page 55 of the manual), which says the order of connection is computer ON, switch camera OFF, attach USB cord to both devices, switch camera ON. The software on the MBP (iPhoto or Photos, depending on the age of the MBP) will detect the connection and allow you to import photos.
The alternative is to take the SD card out of the camera (switch the camera OFF first!) and put it straight into the slot on the MBP. Again, iPhoto/Photos will detect the pictures directly. Before you remove the card, it is vital to use the software Eject in Finder. I suspect that you have not done that, which is why the card is now scrambled. Don't try and write anything to the card. Use a file recovery program to retrieve the missing pictures first, and then reformat the card in the camera, NOT in the computer.

24.04.2016

You don'tknow what youre doing because you didn't follow the instructions in the Nikon manual

29.04.2016

Man, ask a question, get a bunch of nasty responses.

20.07.2018

AVDADDY is Idiot. If you don't want to respond, its OK but respond in nasty way

18.06.2020

Hi there, do you know how can i use a Nikon D3100 as as webcam on a macbok pro? Thank you in advance.