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Unlock Error

Hello. I recently updated my Mac to 11.0.1 (Big Sur) and I’m trying to connect my WD My Passport drive and getting this error: “You must run the WD Drive unlock application from the WD drive unlock CD associated with the drive you want to unlock.”

What to do?!

Same problem here. Very keen for an answer too!

I found the answer here… and it worked for me… WD Passport won't unlock after Mac OS update! - #15 by DaveyJake

For anyone searching for answers after Big Sur update:
Please download WD discovery from WD official site. It will discover all your connected drives.


This solved it for me.

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