How can I recover file that are on my external hard drive but not showing up on mac?

I have copied pictures and home videos from an old hard drive to my newer, larger hard drive. And now, i can't see any of the videos when i open my Seagate 4TB BackUp Plus drive on my mac. Someone Plz save me!!!!!

Open Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities.
Check format for the Seagate.
I'm guessing you didn't format the drive for Mac.
You might need to reformat. This will erase all contents on the drive. After reformatting, go back to the old drive and copy over the files again.
Format the external drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - Partition Map Scheme: GUID

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