How to Index an External Hard Drive Mac?

Make Your External Hard Drive Searchable on MAC

So what youre going to first do is youre going to go down to System Preferences . And once this opens youre going to click on spotlight. Youre then going to jump over to privacy.

How do I Index my External Hard Drive?

Access Indexing Options. The easiest way to do this is to simply type “Indexing Options” into the search bar and click the first icon that comes up.
Click on Modify. This will give you access to the search index options.
Select all of your hard drives.

How do I Make my External Hard Drive Searchable?

Attach your external hard drive to your computer.
Click on "Start" and "Computer." Find the drive that lists your removable device.
View the search option on the top right of your window.
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Why Won't my Mac Search my External Hard Drive?

Check whether the drive is properly plugged in.
Faulty cable.
Damaged USB or flash drive port.
Reboot your Mac.
Incorrectly formatted drive.
Mac not formatted to display external drives on the desktop.
Reset NVRAM.
Check Apples Disk Utility to see if an external drive is showing up.