How to Connect a USB Type-C Flash Drive (Pendrive) to a Mac – How to Fix It

🔌 If your Mac doesn’t recognize a USB Type-C flash drive (pendrive), here’s a trick that may quickly solve the problem.

🚫 USB Flash Drive Not Working on Mac? Try This Trick

When you connect a USB-C flash drive to your Mac for the first time, macOS may ask whether or not to allow the connection.

On macOS Sequoia, it can happen that the message disappears before you even have time to read it and click “Allow.”

Do you want to allow USB DISK 2.0 to connect to this Mac?

If you use an external device—such as an iPhone—to film the Mac screen, you’ll be able to capture the exact frame in which the message appears!

Press the Return key repeatedly while inserting the USB flash drive.

This method worked with a KOOTION 128GB USB-C flash drive on a MacBook Pro M3 Max running macOS Sequoia.

By pressing Return at the right moment, the connection is authorized (the default is the affirmative option).