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Western Digital external hard drive is one of the most popular external storage devices among Mac users. If the WD external hard drive becomes unmounted on your Mac, you can download data recovery software to recover your data.

Part 1: Download Mac data recovery software

In order to recover unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac, you need to download Mac data recovery software. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is reliable and powerful Mac data recovery software. It can help you recover data from unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac in easy and safe way. Just free download it.

Part 2: Recover unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is complete do-it-yourself data recovery software. It is very easy-to-use. With this Mac data recovery software, you can easily recover unmounted WD external hard drive under Mac OS. Just follow the steps below.

Step 1: Select the file types you want to recover.

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac can recover all types of files from unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac. You also can recover specific file types from the unmounted WD external hard drive. Just choose the wanted file types or just let it recover all types of files. Then move to the next step.

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Step 2: Scan the unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac.

Connect the unmounted WD external hard drive with your Mac. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac will automatically recognize this unmounted WD external hard drive. Just choose it and click on "Scan" button to scan it.

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Step 3: Preview and recover lost files.

Once the scan is completed, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select the wanted files and recover them by clicking on "Recover" button.

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Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is able to easily and completely recover data from unmounted WD external hard drive under Mac OS. It also can recover data from USB flash drive, memory card, digital camera or other storage device.

Part 3: Fix unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac

You can format the unmounted WD external hard drive to fix the logical errors. After recovery of your data, you can format WD external hard drive on your Mac with Mac disk formatting software. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac can help you format the unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac. Just download it.

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Format unmounted WD external hard drive on Mac

Run this Mac disk formatting software on your Mac, choose mode "Wipe Hard Drive". Then choose the unmounted WD external hard drive and wipe it. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac will format the unmounted WD external hard drive and wipe all data information on it.

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Once the process gets finished, you will get a brand new WD external hard drive! Then you can use it again, your Mac will recognize the formatted WD external hard drive. But, before you format the unmounted WD external hard drive, just use Do Your Data Recovery for Mac to export/recover your data to a safe location.

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Written & Updated by Anderson

Anderson is a big fan of computer technology. He joined DoYourData in 2018 and has been writing 200+ articles about disk clone, data recovery, computer technology, data erasure, Mac system optimization, etc. He loves music, movie, and reading. In his spare time, he’s studying music and playing tennis.

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