> On 25 Nov 2014, at 2:08 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > The problem I have with that is that my USB portable HD ejects if iMac is put > to sleep.
That is the fault of the USB portable HD not the iMac going to sleep. The USB Drive is not entering 'standby mode' when the iMac is placed in sleep. > That HD is my Time Machine Backup. Time Machine won't do a backup while the iMac is sleeping. > > So since I replaced my large mains HD with this one about a year ago, I no > longer sleep my iMac. > I shut down every night and re-start each morning. That is your choice, which is fine. But it really doesn't have anything to do with Alan's issue with a 'suspect' HD. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
