At 10:42 AM -0800 12/8/2008, Al Poulin wrote: >On Dec 8, 10:36 am, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> But keep in mind, if this is a drive to be used as BACKUP then it >> should NOT be plugged into your Mac when not in use! The POINT of a >> backup to be *disconnected* from the source when the catastrophe >> happens! > >Also, I would want to pull its power plug off the UPS like I could do >with a LaCie Tsunami SCSI drive.
I'm not so worried about power problems spiking thru a UPS. But if the drive is powered and connected to an interface, it can be hozed. Or even spun up and erased. >But I think I have read about a user problem with shutting the new >LaCie down completely. There is no >power swtich. There is a weird procedure that is not as simple as >dismounting the drive from the Desktop and then pulling the plug? Never heard of this. My La Cie drives all have power switches. Either way -- dismount the drive, it spins down, then disconnect it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
