
This is just a precautionary measure which helps you repair the USB flash drive and remove logical errors if any.Ģ) Select the Flash drive and press Repairįix 3: Try Connecting your Flash Drive to Another Mac. However, you can perform a simple fix to unhide the files from the USB drive:ġ) Launch Terminal and enter the command defaults write AppleShowAllFiles YESģ) Insert the Flash drive to Mac again and now check the filesĬopy all files to a safe location and repair your drive further.įix 2: Repair the Flash Drive with Disk Utility

It could be possible that the files are hidden from you which is the reason you are unable to see your data. 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?” 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.

“I inserted my flash drive to MacBook Air running Catalina 10.15 to include a pictograph in an excel file, which was very important but nothing happened.
