Ventura auto ejects connected external drives.
Hello, I have a Mac mini M2 pro and so far I have no complaints besides the fact that it keeps ejecting any external drive I plug into the usb-c ports (whether directly or through a hub). I have done some tests and this is what I have gathered so far:
- peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, display, work perfectly (which makes me exclude it is a hardware problem)
- usb-a ports on the Mac mini work just as expected with both peripherals and external drives
- the hub I have connected to the usb-c port on the Mac mini has a usb-a 2.0 port, which is the only one capable of keeping the connection to the external drives
- if I use the usb-a 3.0, the card slot, or the usb-c ports (of the hub) the external drive ejects itself to then reconnect in an infinite loop, just like the usb-c ports on the Mac mini.
The volumes I used were not formatted with Apple file system, so I have no idea if that changes anything. Either way, a USB port is a USB port and it should keep the connection active regardless of the file system I choose to use.
Has anybody experienced the same issue? Did anybody find a solution? Has anybody some tips to share? My best bet is that Ventura has serious bugs and this is just another one but I can't be sure, also I need a solution, so it would be helpful to know if I can keep wasting my time trying to find it or just deal with it until Apple decides to fix this issue.
Had an appointment with the genius bar but they couldn't understand what the problem is either (or maybe didn't want to admit how faulty the OS is right now).
Thank you in advance for your answers, have a nice day :)
Mac mini, macOS 13.4