I would like to see this fixed properly, hopefully with the next 10.6 update. However, I don't like the "insomniac" nature of a continually spinning disk - both for energy consumption and for drive wear that will shorten its lifespan. on up to the current 10 minutes and it seems to provide a stable connection to the drive. I've tried this at varying intervals, from every 30 sec. ![]() ![]() This seems to defeat whatever is timing out on the FireWire 800 bus and causing the disconnections. The only workaround I've found is to create a and run a shell script in the background:īasically, the script just generates a minimum of disk activity on a repeating basis. If not, try to restart your computer and then try again, maybe that'll do it. Just went back to check and it looks as though iCloud Drive is all set up for me, maybe just give it some more time. This behavior has been consistent between 10.6.5-10.6.7 updates. Mine did this as well after I downloaded Yosemite, and I kind of forgot about it. My computer is set not to go to sleep (just the display) and the hard drives are not allowed to spin down ("sleep when possible"). Do I agree that its good practice to keep at least 10 of your internal drive free for macOS to. if you have your mail app one will cause your hard drive to spin since it's constanly checking for mail. ![]() While using it (the only FW800 device), I've been seeing the random disconnects as well. External hard drive hell on my 2013 15 Retina MacBook Pro. what's apps have you got running in the background sometimes, having an antivirus if you have one - your hard drive will keep on spinning. However, I wanted to leverage the GoFlex capability to use another desktop dock, so I bought the FireWire 800 version. Connected via the USB 3.0 dock (functioning on the iMac's native USB 2.0 ports), I have had good success and a stable connection - it functions normally. I have a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 2TB drive.
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