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In the past when I put my iMac 27 to sleep, my external G-Drive always shut down. Now, when my Mac Studio sleeps or shuts down, the G-Drive keeps running. Is this bad for the drive? Should the drive run 24/7? Should the Mac Studio or Monterey control the G-Drive and shut it down until the system is awake again?
Mac Studio
jeromey04 wrote:
In the past when I put my iMac 27 to sleep, my external G-Drive always shut down. Now, when my Mac Studio sleeps or shuts down, the G-Drive keeps running. Is this bad for the drive? Should the drive run 24/7? Should the Mac Studio or Monterey control the G-Drive and shut it down until the system is awake again?
The current stable release of Monterey including bug fixes, is macOS 12.3.1
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
compare your results.
If no resolve the "release candidate "for the macOS 12.4 has been issued, look for it in Software updates in the next couple weeks and see then if the issue has been addressed, bug fixes etc...
jeromey04 wrote:
In the past when I put my iMac 27 to sleep, my external G-Drive always shut down. Now, when my Mac Studio sleeps or shuts down, the G-Drive keeps running. Is this bad for the drive? Should the drive run 24/7? Should the Mac Studio or Monterey control the G-Drive and shut it down until the system is awake again?
The current stable release of Monterey including bug fixes, is macOS 12.3.1
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
compare your results.
If no resolve the "release candidate "for the macOS 12.4 has been issued, look for it in Software updates in the next couple weeks and see then if the issue has been addressed, bug fixes etc...
Thank you. I now have OS 12.3.1 and all is good.
External Hard Drive on Mac Studio and Monterey
