Sandisk SSD - terrible problems with OSX (not mounted and trash can't be emptied)

[Micka88]

I use few SanDisks SSD and with this new OSX it seems to be terrible.

1) formatted in APFS it just takes few days before it suddenly cannot be mounted - you just see it in Disk utility and not on Mac.... You have to erase it and wait till this happens again ((

2) if you erase some files and folders and want to empty the bin - it is impossible. Whatever you want to erase: "xy can't be erased because it it in use". Or - go through each file, unlock it etc.

It is really horrible. I wonder - what is going on ?

You can't seriously work like this - not knowing when next the disk can't be mounted ??

 

[bogdanw]

I’m going to be polite and describe APFS as a work in progress. I don’t use it for anything other than what I’m forced to, i.e. installing macOS.
I still format external drives as HFS+ (Journaled HFS Plus), if I only use them on macOS, or ExFat, if I want to use them on macOS, Windows and Android.
File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/file-system-formats-dsku19ed921c/mac

 

[Micka88]

Yes, the older disks I have in exFAT and they never had any problem ....