Question Need Help with my external Harddrive

[beatdrop]

I have a seagate 4tb external slim hard drive and it was working fine but as Im transferring some large files to the hard drive

I get this error where its saying the device malfunctioned and the port is asking for more power than its allowed and then the drive isnt even readable

I recall this happened a while ago when I didnt use this drive for a while but after like a week it was fine

Whats causing the issue and how can I fix it?

IDeally would love to add a 10tb drive to my desktop but idk how to do that either

 

[popatim]

Is it plugged into a usb3 port?

 

[beatdrop]

Is it plugged into a usb3 port?

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OMGGGGGGG

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I didnt even know that was a thing, I googled the difference between the USB's and found out my desktop has ONE usb3 one and my external is using USB 3 and ITS WORKING!!!

But it doesn't seem to work with my macbook's connector still? (it was working fine before)

Thank you so much for that question lmao

 

[popatim]

yea, USB3 can provide more power then usb2 but not all manufacturers give you the max power which may be the mac's issue.
They do make a y cable for extra power if youhave nother USB port close by on the mac. Something like:
https://www.rakuten.com/shop/ce-compass/product/CBL_USB30_2A_MB_2FT_86/

 

[beatdrop]

yea, USB3 can provide more power then usb2 but not all manufacturers give you the max power which may be the mac's issue.
They do make a y cable for extra power if youhave nother USB port close by on the mac. Something like:
https://www.rakuten.com/shop/ce-compass/product/CBL_USB30_2A_MB_2FT_86/

Sadly the adaptar only has one usb slot D:

It was working for ages before though, today was the first time it didn't work, which is super odd