Summary: Are your important files on the flash drive not showing up when connected to the MacBook?
Maybe you have tried plugging the USB flash drive again but no luck with the files. You must be worried about the data?
Well, the blog helps you resolve the MacBook Finder issue and also recover the data with Stellar Data Recovery software.
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Scenario
You don’t know where the Flash Player installer has been downloaded. By default, the files are downloaded and saved to the Downloads folder unless the 'save to' location is changed manually. After downloading Flash Player, close all browsers. Locate the Flash Player install file. Choose whether you want to download Adobe Flash Player for Mac Chrome and Opera or for Safari and Firefox by clicking on the second drop-down menu on the left side of the page. Click on the Download now button on the right side of the page. Install Flash for Mac just like you would any other Mac software. How to Disable Adobe Flash Player on Mac. Compare the installed Flash Player version with the latest version of Flash Player for your Mac OS version. If the version numbers match, you have the latest version of Flash Player. Don’t reinstall Flash Player. Continue to the next solution. If the version of Flash Player on your computer is not the latest version, quit your browser.
Download the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller: Mac OS X, version 10.6 and later: uninstallflashplayerosx.dmg; Mac OS X, version 10.4 and 10.5: uninstallflashplayerosx.dmg; The uninstaller is downloaded to the Downloads folder of your browser by default. I do whatever's needed, 'Format Disk for Mac', 'Restore with Disk Image' but when it's finished and I go ahead and reboot, the flash drive isn't in the bootables menus. Secure Boot is off, and I have checked all the other things, that I could possibly find that could cause problems online.
“I inserted my flash drive to MacBook Air to include a pictograph in an excel file, which was very important but nothing happened. The MacBook Finder shows that the USB flash drive is mounted, but it wasn’t showing the files, so I safely unplugged the drive and plugged it again, but it was empty – according to my MacBook or at least what, it seemed to me. But looking at the storage space, I could tell that my files are still there on the drive but don’t know where? Anyway, the question is how can I retrieve my files from MacBook Air flash drive in this situation?”
Fix 1: Unhide Files from the USB Flash
It could be possible that the files are hidden from you which is the reason you are unable to see your data. However, you can perform a simple fix to unhide the files from the USB drive:
1) Launch Terminal and enter the command defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
2) Press Return and relaunch the Finder
3) Insert the Flash drive to Mac again and now check the files
Great, if that resolved the problem.
Copy all files to a safe location and repair your drive further.
Fix 2: Repair the Flash Drive
This is just a precautionary measure which helps you repair the USB flash drive and remove logical errors if any.
1) Launch Disk Utility
2) Select the Flash drive and press Repair
3) Allow the repair process to complete
Fix 3: Connect your Flash Drive to Another Mac.
If you are still unable to view your files even after attempting the Fix #1 and Fix #2 then try to connect your flash drive to another Mac system.
1) If your flash drive is HFS or APFS formatted then connect the flash drive to another Mac with APFS or HFS file system. Else, to another OSX.
2) If your flash drive is FAT or ex–FAT, then arrange a Windows PC and try to connect the flash drive.
It is certainly possible that your flash drive may show-up all the files which are not shown on your Mac.
But what if All Fixes Fails?
This is the last resort or the final fix when you have tried Fix 1, 2 and 3 without success. Try a data recovery software for Mac; yes, leverage a third-party utility that supports USB flash drive recovery. You can give a shot to the free trial* version of Stellar Data Recovery Professional.
The steps to recover files from the USB flash drive on Mac are as follows:
Step 1. Run the data recovery utility on Mac
Step 2. Select your USB flash drive from the utility
Step 3. Launch the scan (deep scan)
Step 4. Wait for the scan completion
Step 5. Switch to the Deleted list when scan is done
Step 6. Preview all of your recoverable files patiently
*Free trial version of the Stellar Data Recovery Professional helps you preview all the recoverable files.
If you wish to save the recovered files to your Mac or an external drive, then activate the software online quickly.
Read More: How to activate Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac
Conclusion
The blog tried to resolve the rare, occurring phenomenon – files not showing up on flash drive when connected to MacBook. Hopefully, free fixes will solve the problem safely.
And even though the fixes fail to resolve the issue, you have the option to run the free trial version of the software.
Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac is an easy way to recover files from your MacBook Air flash drive. The straightforward process, intuitive interface and organized layout make it a simple-click affair. And the most significant thing of all is that the software caters to both technical and non-technical users.
If you have a computer that’s running on the Mac OS, you may, from time to time, encounter problems while using the Adobe Flash Player plugin. There are a number of things that you can do in order to fix these.
Enable Flash Player for Safari
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The first thing that you need to do should you ever encounter problems with Flash Player on a Mac is check to see if the plugin has been enabled in Safari. In order to do so in Safari 10.0 and above, all that you need to do is open the browsers and choose “Safari” followed by “Preferences.”
Next, click on the Security tab and make sure that “Enable JavaScript” and “Allow Plug-ins” have been selected. Next, you will need to click on “Plugin Settings” and choose “Adobe Flash Player.” Go to the bottom of the page, where there is the option “When visiting other websites.” Choose “On” in the available options.
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You can also resolve most of the issues that you will encounter with Flash Player on a Mac by simply updating the plugin. If the version that you have on your computer is now out of date, you will receive a message in your browser notifying you of this fact. All that you need to do in order to resolve the issue is click on the “Flash out of date” button.
Next, you need to click on “Download Flash.” You will be taken to the website: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. To install the plugin, click on the yellow “Install Now” button. This will download the installer onto your computer. Click on the installer and follow the prompts in order to install the Flash Plugin on the Safari browser.
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