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mavericks7913

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May 17, 2014
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When the computer go to sleep and then turn on, the external HDD always disconnected which cause some issues. Are there any way to prevent this issue?
 

JohnDS

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Oct 25, 2015
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System Preference > Energy Saver
Uncheck "Put hard drives to sleep when possible"
 

LiveM

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Oct 30, 2015
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There is a known issue with this. If it's disconnecting it might not be related to the Energy Saver settings.
 
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