Whenever I plug in my external Thunderbolt hard drive, the fans spin up until I unmount (but not unplug) the drive.
Why is this?
Why is this?
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Drive Spinup
- Thread starter VerizonLover
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Plug it in and let it spin up, then take a look at activity monitor. Look at the cpu tab and filter by highest usage.