Q: Mavericks corrupts external hard drive
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Dec 18, 2013 9:00 AMby hausamgern,You are absolutely right, I had the same issue with LaCie 4Big set on RAID 5, wiped blank and renamed MyBook as soon as I plugged in after upgrading to Mavericks some weeks ago. Since, I cleaned my MacBook Retina from all WD software, hopefully, I ran EtreCheck and found something of interest in the kernel extensions: com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13 - SDK 10.5)
I made a quick search on the internet and found:
WD/Oxsemi FireWire HID compatible device - drivers for windows 7
still got WD software on my MacBook?
BTW I tried nearly everything to recover my lost data, got best results with Data Rescue 3, a deep scan even could retbuild the structure, but unfortunately all (video)files are corrupted...
best
Rudolf
Here's my etrecheck-report:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
Startup Items:
DynDNSUpdater: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
FxLicenseManager: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FxLicenseManager
M-Audio Firmware Loader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader
MAudioMobilePreUSB: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MAudioMobilePreUSB
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
ProTec6: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
ProTecV: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTecV
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:0:23
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM512E disk0 : (500.28 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (61.97 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
LaCie d2 Quadra USB 3.0 4 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
RECOVERY (disk1s2) /Volumes/RECOVERY: 4 TB (3.35 TB free)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Western Digital My Book 1140 4 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 314.6 MB
OHIO (disk2s2) /Volumes/OHIO: 4 TB (3.5 TB free)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13 - SDK 10.5)
com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1 - SDK 10.5)
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.6.0 - SDK 10.6)
com.jmicron.driver.jmPeripheralDevice (2.0.4)
com.LaCie.ScsiType00 (1.2.13 - SDK 10.5)
com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8)
com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1)
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist
[loaded] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[not loaded] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.AE.plist
[loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.FxPlug.plist
[loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.helper.plist
[loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.babylon.activation.plist
[loaded] com.cooliris.SetLaunchArch.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.epson.Epusp.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] com.smithmicro.cleaning.quickbackupcheck.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
[loaded] jp.co.canon.SELPHYCP.BG.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist
[loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
[loaded] com.synology.CloudStation.plist
[loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
User Login Items:
Boom
PopChar
Things Helper
ColorNavigator 6
Clyppan
MenuCalendarClock iCal
Dropbox
SMARTReporter
Erinnerungen
Evernote
Alfred 2
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
EyeTV Helper
Adobe Bridge CC
RealPlayer Downloader Agent
Launch Nikon Message Center 2
3rd Party Preference Panes:
A Better Finder Preferences
Adobe Version Cue CS3
Cineform
Déjà Vu
Disctop
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Java
Logitech Control Center
MAudioMobilePreUSB
Perian
PROMT
Internet Plug-ins::
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
SpeedDownload Browser Plugin: Version: 2.1.5 - SDK 10.4
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null)
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Yahoo! Installer 3: Version: 1.0.128
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7
PandoWebInst: Version: 1.0
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
CoolirisWebKitPlugin: Version: (null)
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
User Internet Plug-ins::
ConduitNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Alien Skin Settings Router: Version: 1.1.2.20 18640 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Alien Skin/Alien Skin Settings Router.app
Audacity: Version: 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
Aurora: Version: 4.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Aurora.app
Camera Control Pro 2: Version: 2.14.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Nikon Software/Camera Control Pro 2/Camera Control Pro.app
Capture NX 2: Version: 2.4.1 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Nikon Software/Capture NX 2/Capture NX 2.app
Clone2go Video Converter: Version: 2.0.4 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Clone2go Video Converter.app
Color Efex Pro 4: Version: 4.200 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Nik Collection/Color Efex Pro 4.app
DMSLaunch: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DMSLaunch.app
Data Rescue 3: Version: 3.2.2 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Data Rescue 3.app
Dfine2: Version: 2.200 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Nik Collection/Dfine2.app
Disc Cover 3: Version: 3.0.10 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Disc Cover 3.app
DiscLabel: Version: 6.3.2 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DiscLabel.app
DivX Converter: Version: 10.0.1 (Build 10.0.1.57) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Converter.app
DivX Player: Version: 10.0.2 (Build 11.2.1.1) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Player.app
DivXMediaServer: Version: 10.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXMediaServer.app
DivXTransferWizard: Version: 10.0.0 (Build 10.0.1.41) - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXTransferWizard.app
DivXUpdate: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app
EasyFind: Version: 4.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/EasyFind.app
Edge: Version: 0.10.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Adobe Edge Preview/Edge.app
Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 9.14 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4/Epson Printer Utility 4.app
Float2: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Unified Color/Float2.app
HDR Efex Pro: Version: 1.2.0.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Nik Software/HDR Efex Pro.app
Hugin: Version: 2012.0.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Hugin/Hugin.app
Keynote: Version: 5.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Keynote.app
License Manager: Version: "6.1" - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Perfect Photo Suite 6/License Manager.app
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Office-Erinnerungen: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
Microsoft-Fehlerberichterstattung: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Nikon Message Center 2: Version: 2.1.1 - SDK 10.5
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Numbers: Version: 2.3 - SDK 10.5
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Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
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PTBatcherGUI: Version: 2012.0.0 - SDK 10.5
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PTGui Pro Trial: Version: 9.1.7 - SDK 10.5
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PTLens: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/PTLens.app
PTLensEdit: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/PTLensEdit.app
Pages: Version: 4.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app
Perfect Photo Suite: Version: 6.1.1 - SDK 10.5
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Photo Mechanic: Version: 4.6.8 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Photo Mechanic.app
PluralEyes License Manager: Version: "5.8.0" - SDK 10.5
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RAW Developer: Version: 1.9.5 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/RAW Developer 1.9.5/RAW Developer.app
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/Applications/Perfect Photo Suite 6/Register Perfect Photo Suite 6.app
SA Color Finesse 3 UI: Version: 3.0.10(292) - SDK 10.5
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SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
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Sharpener Pro 3 Output Sharpening: Version: 3.1.0.0 - SDK 10.4
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Sharpener Pro 3 Raw Presharpening: Version: 3.1.0.0 - SDK 10.4
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Silver Efex Pro 2: Version: 2.100 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Nik Collection/Silver Efex Pro 2.app
SketchUp: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5
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SolidWorks eDrawings: Version: 1.0A - SDK 10.4
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Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
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SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
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Viveza 2: Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.5
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dynamiclinkmanager: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5
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fxtool: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5
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fxtool: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Digital Film Tools/Film Stocks v1.5/fxtool.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 465.12 GB Disk used: 407.40 GB
Destinations:
RECOVERY [Local]
Total size: 4
Total number of backups: 29
Oldest backup: 2013-11-02 03:28:30 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-18 06:08:02 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 4 > (Disk size 465.12 GB X 3)
LUFT [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 3
Total number of backups: 31
Oldest backup: 2013-11-01 14:04:34 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-18 04:40:58 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3 > (Disk size 465.12 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
10% WindowServer
6% Mail
3% EtreCheck
1% Google Chrome
1% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
262 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
246 MB Dock
154 MB WindowServer
131 MB Google Chrome
131 MB SpamSieve
Virtual Memory Statistics:
11.47 GB Free RAM
2.53 GB Active RAM
651 MB Inactive RAM
1.36 GB Wired RAM
491 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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Dec 18, 2013 9:17 AMby estApple,"yes very easy that way, but I am avoiding running Raids."
I previously thought RAID 1 is a very safe path. But no longer so after this event.
A staff in an Apple dealer told me recently that it is better to have two separate disks than two disks in RAID 1 because they are tied to the same knot. If the knot breaks, both will go down with it. I now tend to agree with her. Well that means I have to backup a disk from time to time. Maybe the software RAID in Disk Utilities is better than a hardware RAID 1 in this sense. At least it is part of the facilities from the OS.
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Dec 18, 2013 9:28 AMby Basilic,Want to get rid of any WD sw remnants? Go straight to the point with the following Terminal commands as a search with the Finder is not as efficient:
sudo find -x / -iname com.wdc.\*
sudo find -x / -iname com.westerndigital.\*
sudo find -x / -iname com.wd\*
and manually trash all if anything found as the official WD uninstaller doesn't uninstall all, empty the bin and reboot-.
As a reminder all WD related pieces can be found in those directories:
/Library/Application Support
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/Preferences
/Library/PriviledgedHelperTools
/Library/StartupItems/
/System/Library/Extensions
Also, don't remove something called "wdhelper" that is unrelated to WD
Message was edited by: Basilic
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Dec 18, 2013 10:27 AMby PlotinusVeritas,Tom in London wrote:
drives made by others, and not only drives made by WD, are experiencing the same problem.
Tom, this is called cross-contamination to a non-WD drive by WD software.
A reformat of a Seagate drive by WD software resident on Mavericks implicates neither Mavericks nor any HD, rather the WD software.
You need to realize that no HD is at fault; WD, Seagate, Toshiba or Hitachi
No physical HD by any mfg. is under implication in any post in this thread. Hard drives dont affect other hard drives or even they themselves, rather software does; in this case WD-ware
WD has confessed to their error
WD has released new software
Users need to 'clean up' the WD-ware and be proactive after the fact, as per this error lingering in some cases.
Use logic and reasoning in determining a chain of causation.
Peace
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Dec 18, 2013 10:25 AMby Drew Reece,Your report shows no WD software. You do have a lot of other items though (some are out of date - like Soundflower). Create a new thread if you want to clean up this Mac.
I think Oxsemi may be related to WD, but I have no idea what you have installed, or what it is needed for. On Windows it looks like a Firewire driver, but the Mac usually has these in the OS.
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Dec 18, 2013 10:28 AMby Tom in London,PlotinusVeritas wrote:
Tom, this is called cross-contamination to a non-WD drive by WD software.
That's what YOU call it.
The issue is happening to Seagate drives with people who don't have any WD software on their system. Your over-confidence fails to inspire.
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Dec 18, 2013 1:09 PMby peppermint,not only wd "mybooks" and wd raids are affected, also mypassport 2,5" drives.
i nearly ve been doing all tips here, to mount my wd drives in 10.9.1, but it would not work at the end.
i can mount them on the old mbair of my wife with 10.8.5
i am thinking about selling my wd drives, i am not willing to wait another 3 month now for wd to deliver new firmware/driver/software and buy lacie drives. i already have 6 lacie drives in my office, and all of them are working fine with mavericks, i can mount and work with them without any problem.
alltogether i ve been using at least 15 different lacie drives in the last 10 years and i never had problems with them. (apart from one hardware failiure, which was referring to the controller in the drive, thats 1 dead harddrive controller in 10 years)
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Dec 18, 2013 1:28 PMby PlotinusVeritas,peppermint wrote:
also mypassport 2,5" drives.
to mount my wd drives in 10.9.1, but it would not
not willing to wait another 3 month now for wd to deliver new firmware/driver/software
i already have 6 lacie drives in my office
Passport (no such thing different from any HD) WD dont need any software. No need to wait for any software. Offload any data on those drives and format them and connect. Any mounting issue would be BUS or SATA card issue, possibly an indexing issue, nothing to do with the WD drive.
Mounting issue is something different than the core of this thread.
LaCie is just a Seagate drive, Seagate owns them and puts their drives in Lacie boxes.
Terms such as: "WD Passport, Expansion drive, Seagate Backup Plus, PC hard drive, Mac hard drive, Free agent, backup drive, Passport plus, Elements, Toshiba Canvio, Slim, ultraslim, pocket drive, Touro" etc. etc.
all these terms are cotton fuzz and bunny fluff,..... they dont designate or mean anything. Its a sales tactic used by WD, Seagate, Toshiba, and Hitachi
just HD bricks inside plastic or metal boxes with fancy 'La-di-da' names.
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Dec 18, 2013 1:51 PMby peppermint,i know. what i dont know is the difference if my discs are not being able to get mounted OR being corrupted by mavericks, as my discs are completely empty since weeks. no data on it.
it cannot be a bus or sata card issue, i have 2 brandnew macs, shipped 4 weeks ago and i can mount my other 5 lacie drives well. also i swapped one wd drive 8 days ago, by warranty, as i thought its ill (due to the no-mount).
i can mount the 2 wd drives (i drop the term "mypassport") with 10.8, but not with 10.9. i even tested it with 2 different mavericks macs ( but i can mount all my lacie drives on the same mac with 10.9)
so i presume it must be the driver in 10.9? i guess there is a default harddisc driver working in 10.9?
edit: by the way: i could not work with the wd discs from the very first day, i got the new macs. with no software installed except 10.9, fresh coming
from apple, then i connected my wd drives and they did not show up. (but lacie drives showed up)
thanks
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Dec 18, 2013 2:11 PMby PlotinusVeritas,Yes, separate mounting issue.
Did you:
1. format in MacOSX ext. journal these WD drives?
2. These are USB externals, correct? Not Firewire?
such as:
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable-External-Storage-FireWire/dp/B005ELBSWO
FIrewire drives, some, are encountering mounting issues and sleep issues in Mavericks.
3. did you run Etrecheck to verify anything installed?
You have verified eliminatively, these ext. WD drives will mount on any system other than 10.9, so no bus or SATA issue relation.
As for your earlier post, yes, in the future avoid WD consumer grade drives. Their "black" server grade drives are premium, otherwise, no.
Stick to Hitachi, Toshiba or Seagate
Hitachi is the winner in hard drive reliability survey:
Hitachi manufacturers the safest and most reliable hard drives, according to the Storelab study. Of the hundreds of Hitachi hard drives received, not a single one had failed due to manufacturing or design errors. Adding the highest average lifespans and the best relationship between failures and market share, Hitachi can be regarded as the winner.
(Hitachi and Toshiba used currently by Apple for Mac mini, non-retina Macbook Pro and Time Capsule)
