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Unable to open folder on LaCie external hard drive

i have a Lacie external hardrive, but everytime i try to open a certain folder its loads and never opens the file? ive tried evrything and had to find another way to acces my file

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"Unable to open folder on LaCie external hard drive: i have a Lacie external hardrive, but everytime i try to open a certain folder its loads and never opens the file? ive tried evrything and had to find another way to acces my file"

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File Continuously Not Opening:


A. Relaunch Finder:

  1. Click: Apple menu
  2. Select: Force Quit...
  3. Select: Finder
  4. Click: Relaunch
  5. Click: Relaunch button


B. Boot in Safe Mode:

In Safe Mode, Login Items do not run at login. And certain caches are set said and fixed.


C. Reinstall the Software?

You may need to reinstall the software of your Mac. Contact the developer for uninstallation purposes, and request a new installer, if a license key is required. It may be a glitch.


D. Single-out this user.

For Troubleshooting purposes, create a Time Machine Backup of your (for restoration purposes), and then create an Administrator user. See if it then is accessible. If so, then it's an error with your current user. If not, then it is a system-wide error, or a hard drive error.


E. Run First Aid:

Verify there are no errors with your hard drive. Perform the following in Recovery Mode:

  1. Boot: into Recovery Mode.
  2. Select: Disk Utility
  3. Select: the Drive
  4. Click: First Aid button