I've been noticing a long boot time recently (2008 MacPro 3,1 OS 10.6.8) as the machine will stall after the desktop is displayed. At that time the machine will not take any input except mouse movement. I tracked it down to a early 2014 Macally MAGS350SU3 USB3/eSATA enclosure housing a 4TB HGHDIS34 HGST drive (used as USB, MacPro is USB2). When I turn that enclosure off the stall is released and bootups are as prompts as ever. I use that drive to backup a video library (CCC), no OS present on the drive. When I turn the drive on after boot, the machine and drive operates normally.
Any simple fix short of throwing the enclosure or drive or both away (or just leaving it powered off till needed)?
Any simple fix short of throwing the enclosure or drive or both away (or just leaving it powered off till needed)?