You’ll know that it’s a removable drive because it will have a tiny “eject” icon beside it. In our example, the drive is named “Mac Transfer,” but it could be named anything. If your USB drive has been recognized, it will be listed there in the “Location” section. (If you can’t see the sidebar, select View > Show Sidebar from Finder’s menu bar at the top of the screen.) In a Finder window, look in the sidebar on the left side of the window. Finder is your Mac’s built-in application for handling files, and it’s always running. Next, click the Finder icon in your dock to bring Finder to the foreground.
RELATED: How to Erase and Format a USB Drive on Your Mac (We’re going to assume that the drive has already been properly formatted to work with a Mac.) Give your Mac a moment to recognize it and make it available in Finder. First, plug your USB flash drive into an available USB port on your Mac.
