Hi,
I'm experiencing a weird issue with an external usb 3 hdd attached to my mac pro 3.1 - it works absolutely fine for a day or two and then I suddenly notice that it is "kinda" locked up. There are no error messages, the drive is still mounted and i can view the file structure in Finder but if I try to write to the drive it completes instantly without having actually written anything. It happens very consistently if the mac is on for a day or two.
The only way to make the drive work again is by unmounting and remounting it, and this is the only clue that I have to my problem - when i try to unmount the disk Finder says that it isnt possible to unmount because the disk is in use. So I have to force unmount it.
My question is, has anyone else had a similar experience and / or does anyone know how I can find out if a process on my mac is genuinely keeping the disk in use? Since its happening when I'm not accessing the disk actively I'm wondering if it has something to do with a background process I'm not aware of (eg) time machine although time machine is not backing up this drive. I just would like to find a way in console of seeing what is actually keeping it from relaxing.
Any response gratefully received...
I'm experiencing a weird issue with an external usb 3 hdd attached to my mac pro 3.1 - it works absolutely fine for a day or two and then I suddenly notice that it is "kinda" locked up. There are no error messages, the drive is still mounted and i can view the file structure in Finder but if I try to write to the drive it completes instantly without having actually written anything. It happens very consistently if the mac is on for a day or two.
The only way to make the drive work again is by unmounting and remounting it, and this is the only clue that I have to my problem - when i try to unmount the disk Finder says that it isnt possible to unmount because the disk is in use. So I have to force unmount it.
My question is, has anyone else had a similar experience and / or does anyone know how I can find out if a process on my mac is genuinely keeping the disk in use? Since its happening when I'm not accessing the disk actively I'm wondering if it has something to do with a background process I'm not aware of (eg) time machine although time machine is not backing up this drive. I just would like to find a way in console of seeing what is actually keeping it from relaxing.
Any response gratefully received...