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Suddenly my USB 3.0 external drive won’t let me save or copy out doc.

Suddenly my USB 3.0 external drive won’t let me save or copy out document.

Working on a music video which should be out on the 20th of April.

I shut down my laptop earlier after finalizing my edit.

I tried to open it later and was not granted access to project because of my external drive reasons.

I looked everywhere online with no luck. Please assist me how I can resolve this issue and what caused my external drive to stop working well.

MacBook Pro Retina 2.8 GHz Core i5. Running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4

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Have you tried running Disk Utilities Disk First-Aid?

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First see if you can try a different cable.

Second, try this on a friends Mac if possible.

What brand of external USB 3.0 hard drive? Seagate or WD? If it is Seagate and under 2 years, some models have a free data recovery service due to the massive amount of failures in their products. Run your serial number to find out.

Otherwise if this is a different Seagate model or other brand, you will have to seek a professional data recovery service to download your music video.

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