Sold Mac Pro and removed audio HD, can't read it! HELP!

[MonoPoly307]

Hi guys,

 

I guess we've all been in this position at some point with our music technology, but today it is my turn to panic!

 

I have sold my Mac Pro (2010) and moved over to an iMac, now that they have great performance and internal SSD, etc.

 

Before selling the Mac Pro, I removed the internal HDs I was using for audio, instruments, backup, etc...

 

I have now installed the audio HD into an external USB3 enclosure, which I had assumed would mean I could access my audio work (pretty much all of it over the last 4 years) and move tracks over to the iMac or a new external HD as necessary.

 

Unfortunately when I switch the enclosure on, I get the message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"... pretty much what I would expect if it were a new drive, but not what I was expecting given this drive was fine in my Mac Pro, and was obviously Mac formatted.

 

So I'm in a bit of a panic! I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how I can solve the issue - obviously without initialising the drive (which is the only option the warning message gives me!).

 

I do have a friend who has a Mac Pro, so I have the option of taking the drive over to him and pulling the audio off onto a standard external drive... but if there is another way to solve the problem I would be pretty happy!

 

Thanks in advance for any advice or info you can offer!

 

Cheers,

Mike

[triplets]

Hey Mike,

 

Could be an enclosure thing with usb3.

Was the enclosure promoted as "mac-friendly"?

 

I doubt it's the hard drive.

[MonoPoly307]

Hey - thanks heaps for your thoughts.

 

It's hard to know - the enclosure does have an OSX logo on it, alongside windows, but of course it's possible that it's just a cheap enclosure and they have just added that logo without really offering proper OSX support!

 

Cheers,

Mike