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External Drive Disconnects at Display Sleep

External G-drive worked find until upgrade to Monterey.


Now: MacOS issues warning: "Disconnect hard drive before powering off" despite not powering off or disconnecting the cable. External drive disappears from Finder.


Occurrence is somewhat random, but usually after display shuts off. I have inspected Energy Saver settings.


How can I assure continuous connection with this G-drive hard drive?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.2

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 4:13 PM

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Posted on Feb 1, 2022 1:33 AM

Like a problem with the G-Drive, which is owned by Western Digital. See:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253298287?

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External Drive Disconnects at Display Sleep

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