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I have been using the 2TB drive with no issues for a couple of years, when yesterday I found that the drive crashes the computer immediately upon restart or plugging it in...
Normally I would say, "oh well, bad drive"...but I plugged it in to my Macbook Air and can access it with no problem.
I reformatted the drive, but but nothing changed, runs fine on the Air, but crashes the iMac.
A couple of things may be in-play here:
Ref: How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
A couple of things may be in-play here:
Ref: How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
Sorry, I really don't have anything else to offer. FWIW, I use WD My Passports for years and they typically have been very reliable My only issue was with their implementation of SmartWare via a Virtual CD (VCD) that takes up space as a separate partition on the drive. Hopefully, someone else using these drives, will chime in and offer you a potential solution. Good luck!
Thanks, as I said, the drive works fine on another computer, so this is no dire emergency...I'm just a bit concerned that something similar will happen with my other WD drives. I'm going to reinstall Mojave and see if that helps.
Thanks, but have tried both with no luck...
WD My Passport drive crashes 2015 iMac
