I'm seeing rumblings that I'm not the only one here...mid-2015 MBP and upgraded to Monterey and immediately after upgrade my external USB drive (Time Machine) and SD card (in the lost) periodically unmount themselves, give a warning and then randomly remount. This makes these external storages unusable- Time Machine won't even engage in the updated, current state.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.0
This does not solve the issue with SD cards
The problem with the trackpad and screensaver were solved, now let's see if the SD card will still be ejecting.
Thanks. I will try that. I'll go to Best Buy and grab a couple of USB-fi cables and see if that resolves it.
Any of that might be correct. But there's no downside to blowing out your ssd port and wiping the card contacts with a little alcohol. Just sayin'…
that may be the case for external hard drivers, but this also happens to older MacBooks with sd cards mounted to the sd slot. Think there are 2 issues on this thread
Thanks Oliver!
First post I see is “External Drives in Monterey“
I'll copy and paste below for your benefit:
“Q: External Drives in Monterey”
Hope that clears it up.
(See how that sound like I’m being a ____?)
And immediately everyone unsubscribes because of the arguments. Well done killing the thread.
Now on my 2019 27" iMac the SD card will not even be recognized after going to 12.2.1. Only readable through an external hub. Was fine prior to the last update. I reported this to Apple.
On an iMac it is System Preferences, Energy Saver. on a MacBook, System Preferences, Battery.
Have you contacted Apple support about the issue? The only way they know its a problem is if people tell them.
I blindly tried musota's Terminal command (desperation I guess) and I haven't had a problem with my Seagates since. I'm a happy, though ignorant, bunny. Thank you musota.
Oh no. Looks likke I celebrated too soon. It's started to happen again…
Lawrence Finch wrote:
on a MacBook, System Preferences, Battery.
Thanks. Couldn't find it on my 14" M1 Macbook Pro until I plugged in a drive and reopened Preferences.
External Drives in Monterey
