* Learn how to connect iPad Pro (11-inch) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) to your computer. If you have the same issue on another computer, contact Apple Support.

Try connecting your device to another computer.

Follow these additional steps for your Mac or Windows PC.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Unplug all USB accessories from your computer except for your device.

If you can't unlock your device because you forgot your passcode, find out what to do.

If you see a Trust this Computer alert, unlock your device and tap Trust.

If you're using iTunes, make sure you have the latest version. To our surprise there was nothing out there.

Check that you have the latest software on your Mac or Windows PC. There was a separate track for each Mac/Windows/Linux and several manual and error-prone steps along the way.

Make sure that your iOS or iPadOS device is turned on, unlocked, and on the Home screen.

Follow these steps and try to connect your device again after each step. I'm not sure if the above commands are all identical on older OSs (XP).If your computer doesn't recognize your connected device, you might see an unknown error or a '0圎' error. If you've got a USB disk larger than 2 terabytes, however, you'll want to use convert gpt instead. Converts the disk to MBR format, which will work just fine for most disks. Sets the device status to online if it's been disabled. You can see the current attributes with attributes disk or detail disk. This command will unset the read-only flag on the disk. As above, this will destroy the data on the disk (or, rather, your ability to access it). In some cases you might need to re-initialize the disk. That will take a very long time and usually isn't necessary, but may help uncover physical damage to the disk. If you're still having problems with the disk after trying this, you might try omitting the quick from step 9 to do a full format.

I recommend using exFAT instead, which is essentially a newer version of the same format.)

You can choose NTFS or exFAT instead of FAT32 if you want. Marks the partition as potentially bootable. No size is needed if you want to use the whole disk Any data on the disk will no longer be accessible.)

clean (Warning: This command erases the disk's partition information.

Confirm that you're using the right disk with detail disk. This can be demonstrated further by putting your MacBook into Target Disk Mode and it's internal drives will appear as a USB storage devices to another computer connected by a USB-C to USB-C cable or USB-C to USB-A cable. select disk n where n is the number of the disk. As demonstrated by you seeing your MacBook as a billboard device on your PC the MacBook has all the hardware it needs to become a functional USB device to another computer.

Find the disk that corresponds to your USB disk.

Assuming Vista or 7 (this should work on XP, 8, 8.1, and 10, as well) and that the disk is not showing up under My Computer at all:

Mac to pc usb