You can show or hide Mac's main hard drive from the desktop of your Mac with ease and all you need to do is to adjust some of the Finder options. It is the Finder's job for displaying the desktop and its icons, which include storage devices icon too. How to Show Hard Drive Icon on Mac Desktop? Hard drive failure: It might be the case that your drive is physically damaged due to component failure, head crash, or etc.Sometimes, your hard drive file system damage leads to non-mounting HD in Finder. Corruption of File system: It might also case that the file system of the hard drive is corrupt due to bad sectors, logical errors, etc.And maybe the cable you're using for connection is damaged or non-functional. Connector Issue: It might be the case that you fail to connect the hard drive to your Mac USB port correctly.Preference Issue: You may have not set preferences that make the hard drive visible on your Mac Finder or desktop.Here, we are going to mention the most common ones:

Well, there are a number of reasons why you can't see the hard drive on your Mac. Bonus Tip: Recover and Show Hard Drive Data on Mac.

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