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Rockadile

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Jun 11, 2012
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I have the OWC Elite Pro mini external HDD connected via FW800.
It says on their page that it spins down during inactivity.
I was wondering if I could put it to sleep instead on the fly.

It's been unmounted for an hour and still on. "Put hard drive to sleep when possible" is checked.
Also tried "sudo pmset -a disksleep" command which I read on a old post.

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA-FW800-FW400-USB
 
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