Maxtor 1T ext hard drive

[bmullemeister]

I just purchased this for backing up personal files.
I had no problem setting it up on my Imac

I used Time Machine and noticed,when switched ON, it backs up whatever folder you select.
I switched it to OFF as I can imagine how quickly it would fill my Maxtor hard drive even though it is 1T

Here is my question:
When I turn off the Imac, it appears the Maxtor switches off, however every now and then the green light on it goes on again and I hear the drive running
This happens every ten minutes or so
The only way I can stop this is to take out the power lead

Hope you can help me to stop the drive becoming active even though my Imac is shut down

Bert

 

[BlueRevolution]

Hmm, I've never used a Maxtor drive before, but I can't see why that would be the case. Perhaps someone else could address that question.

However, contrary to what you think, it will take a very long time to fill a 1 TB hard drive with Time Machine. Time Machine only backs up files that have been changed, so the initial backup will be pretty large but subsequent backups are very small. I have a 160 GB main partition in my iMac, and my 250 GB backup drive is only half full.