Steven Zekowski#TIL
Got a new (to me) refurb'd M1 #Macbook Air. I could not get my external SSD drive to mount. I assumed it was a software issue & that a USB-C to USB-C cable was generic. Turns out they aren't. After 2 days of internet searching w/o success, I found the original cable that came with the drive, a much larger gauge. Now it works! I think the narrower cables were not delivering the current the drive needed. (More resistance with a narrower cable?)
#tech #tip #SSD #troubleshooting #electronics
Got a new (to me) refurb'd M1 #Macbook Air. I could not get my external SSD drive to mount. I assumed it was a software issue & that a USB-C to USB-C cable was generic. Turns out they aren't. After 2 days of internet searching w/o success, I found the original cable that came with the drive, a much larger gauge. Now it works! I think the narrower cables were not delivering the current the drive needed. (More resistance with a narrower cable?)
#tech #tip #SSD #troubleshooting #electronics