Meanwhile, SanDisk stated that the application is not yet certified to be used on macOS Monterey. Here’s how the error message is displayed in the app: ( Source)Īpple allegedly said that this error has nothing to do with macOS Monterey and it’s a SanDisk issue to fix.

( Source)Īs a result, users are unable to format their SanDisk external hard drives or access their stored data. Tried contacting SanDisk support but got frustrated with how bad it was and gave up pursuing the problem with them. Contacted Apple and they said Sandisk needs to fix their firmware. Tried 2 different 4TB Extreme Portable V2 drives, same problem. ( Source)įormatting gets stuck at “Creating partition table”. All of the drives worked fine before the upgrade. When I try to access using the installed SanDiskSecureAccessV3_mac application I get “This application only runs on a SanDisk flash drive.” I’ve reinstalled app and nothing changes. Since upgrading my MacBook Pro to OS 12.0.1 Monterey my SanDisk USB drives aren’t working. Here are some reports for reference: ( Source) Users say that after they updated to macOS Monterey 12.0.1, the SanDiskSecureAccessV3_mac application isn’t recognizing any external drives and throws an error that says ‘This application only runs on a SanDisk flash drive’. Some users are complaining ( 1, 2, 3) that their SanDisk drives are not working on macOS Monterey when they try to access them via SanDisk’s SecureAccess application. SanDisk SecureAccess app not working on macOS Monterey There’s another issue that just recently popped up for some users on macOS Monterey which is making it difficult for them to use SanDisk external drives. The company has acknowledged and fixed some bugs, while many are still left unacknowledged. MacOS 12 Monterey is the latest iteration of Apple’s Mac operating system that was announced at WWDC in June and was officially released on October 25.Įver since Apple introduced macOS Monterey, users have been facing several kinds of issues with this latest OS. Original story (published on November 19, 2021) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

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