I current bought a 750 GB hard drive and put it in an OWC external enclosure. My question is, when I put the computer to sleep, how do I put the external to sleep also? Or do I have to unmount before putting it sleep? Right now, when I close the lid, the power light on the external stays lit up, thus sucking power from my computer!
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Sleeping with external hdd
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you will have to first unmount the drive from the computer, then power it down manually (assuming its a 3.5" drive).
Well its actually a 2.5" but I think that is my only option, which is somewhat depressing.
oh i see, it will power down automatically when you eject the drive only. the light will stay on but almost 0w power will be used (even when not ejected).