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Mac Mini (2014) and External Drives

Every time my mac mini wakes up from a sleep the directories of the external drives do not show. I have to restart the computer to see the external drives directories. Running macOS 11.13.4. any help would be greatly appreciated. The Mac mini is my server.

Posted on May 28, 2018 5:18 PM

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