If you have been trying to figure out why the heck your SanDisk Extreme won’t mount on your Mac, as was I, you won’t believe how simple the fix is; simple, but inobvious.

I’ll bet you’ve checked all the connections, checked the cable, swapped the cable… and nothing works.

I’ll also bet that you aren’t using the USB-C cable that came with your SanDisk Extreme SSD.

Because I don’t know *what* is different about that cable compared to any other USB to USB-C cable (perhaps one of you can tell me), but there is *some* magic juju inside that SanDisk cable that makes it different from standard USB to USB-C cables. Now, I’m basing this on a data point of one person’s experience (mine), but I will tell you that I tried at least *3* other *working* USB to USB-C cables, and *none* of them worked. So I finally found the cable that had come with the SanDisk SSD, and it *immediately* worked.

Now, if you have lost that cable, there is one on Amazon that I found that claims to be compatible, so you can try that. It’s here (NOT an affiliate link):

https://www.amazon.com/ReadyWired-Cable-SanDisk-Extreme-Portable/dp/B08MFS5XMM

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