LrC not reading Backblaze restore 4TB SSD

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November 20, 2025
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I recently had the external hard drive containing all of my images fail. Today the 4 TB WD SSD from Backblaze arrived. My Macbook Pro shows this new drive in Finder but LrC is not seeing it. I've used multiple SSDs in the past as I travel quite a bit and never had a problem with it recognizing any of the Samsung T7s that I use. I am using LrC version 15.0.1. Apple M2 Pro Sonoma 14.6.1.

macOS

johnrellis

Legend

Try giving LR Full Disk Access:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/quick-tips-how-to-give-full-disk-access-to-lightroom-classic-on-macos/m-p/12913413

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Kimberly22381549swhmAuthor

Participant

LrC actually already has Full Disk Access. Any other ideas?

CMass

Community Manager

Hey @Kimberly22381549swhm,

It sounds like Lightroom Classic may not be recognizing your new Backblaze restored SSD due to the way the drive is formatted or how macOS handles permissions.

1. Check the drive format
Confirm how the Backblaze HD is formatted? Is it NTFS or exFAT? Open Disk Utility and verify the format.

2. Reset drive permissions
Even with Full Disk Access, Lightroom may not show the volume if macOS thinks you don’t have ownership.
In Finder → Get Info, scroll to Sharing & Permissions and enable “Ignore ownership on this volume” if it’s available. Then eject and reconnect the drive.

Let us know!

^CM

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