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Monterey struggling with External SSD

I had meant to add this to another tread but can't now find it - not even in Safari History.. Basically since upgrading to Monterey my MacBook Pro can't connect correctly to external SSD.

This is the text I was going to add to other thread.

When I connect my Seagate Fast SSD Media 1Tb which has two partitions one APFS and the other Mac OS Extended Journaled, the OS Ext mounts instantly but the three containers of the APFS take for ever. When I finally managed to open a folder in and APFS container and tried to open it, it threw the Finder into a nervous breakdown which could not be Relaunched via Force Quit. Disconnecting the drive brought Finder back to life. I tried on another port on my MacBook Pro 2016 and tried a different cable but all to no avail. Connected drive to iMac running Big Sur and all works fine. I was tempted to reformat the Max OS Ext to APFS but will wait a while and no great urgency.

Posted on Nov 1, 2021 3:28 PM

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cpdmac

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Posted on Feb 17, 2022 12:00 AM

Got tired of waiting for new OS updates to see if it might FIX the disconnecting issue..

So did some digging and found that the enclosure I use has the Realtek RTL9210 chipset.

After some more googling I found firmware updates on Plugable dot com's website...

I don't have a plugable enclosure, but thought to just try it anyway.

Updated without any issues. Drive has been working perfectly ever-since.

I have a Orico M2PV-C3 enclosure

Holding thumbs it stays this way..

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Dec 2, 2021 11:10 AM in response to Old Toad

You won't find anything suspicious; this happens to me on a fresh and clean install (reformat to the bone and install).

It must be something deep in the kernel that hangs the system.

mfulat

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Dec 5, 2021 5:17 AM in response to moondav

Nicw job , but you shouldn’t have to do this. Monterey has serious problems with External SSD. Apple should be more proactive in fixing this issue. As usual nothing from Apple.

Dec 10, 2021 12:01 PM in response to mfulat

I'm using the internal Fusion drive on an iMac 2017... same issue here: 5-10 minutes to boot, so it's not just with external drives.

Dec 10, 2021 4:46 PM in response to BlueberryLover

I doubt that, because the problem goes away if I boot in BigSur (or Catalina) on the same machine (after I tried the installation).

If it were a firmware issue, it should persist.

ahaynes4

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Dec 13, 2021 8:18 PM in response to moondav

After receiving the 12.1 update today I was sure it would be fixed. Nope. Still have 1 TB external SSD that is useless to me with this particular laptop, but works with every other computer.

cpdmac

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Dec 14, 2021 1:10 AM in response to ahaynes4

My USB-C issues continue with 12.1

Never had any issues on Big Sur. Started the day I upgraded to Monterey.

mfulat

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Dec 14, 2021 2:12 AM in response to cpdmac

Nice one Apple , latest update has trashed my Mac won’t even boot up now. Not happy at all.

mfulat

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Dec 14, 2021 6:27 AM in response to imref

Good for you. Are you still using the External SSD to boot from?

imref

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Dec 14, 2021 6:39 AM in response to mfulat

yes, still using the external SSD as the boot drive.

mfulat

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Dec 14, 2021 6:42 AM in response to imref

Thanks, I’ll give it another go, trying a clean install this time.

Dec 14, 2021 1:48 PM in response to mfulat

Wow, you have high level of tolerance!

mfulat

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Dec 14, 2021 1:51 PM in response to mfromwestmount

😃 From what it was before, once Monterey gets going it’s pretty responsive. Let’s hope the SSD install

works.

richard3

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Jan 1, 2022 11:37 AM in response to poojaruhal

The issue that you've described seems to be different to the one that is being discussed in this thread. With respect, it would be best if you created a new thread in which to discuss your issue.

Hazem279

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Jan 6, 2022 1:26 AM in response to moondav

still Moterey can’t read or open the ssd even with apple's cable.

Also it can’t read other USB flash memories.

When it read another external drives it ejects it in the middle of work!!

mfulat

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Jan 20, 2022 8:03 AM in response to dz2010

Agreed , I’d like to get a comment from Apple support.

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