LaCie backup drive sending bogus messages about being disconnected

carolynfromvb wrote:

Daily, my MacBook Pro displays a message that my LaCie backup drive was not properly shut down before being disconnected from my Mac. But it is never disconnected except when I occasionally take the Mac elsewhere. At those times I do turn off the LaCie before disconnecting it. So there must be a software glitch in the LaCie for it to send messages in error. Can this be addressed or should I just continue to ignore it?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.6

You say nothing of the Partition Map or File format of these drives...

You can contact your third party Lacie for any insight—

if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates…

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support

macOS Ventura 13.xxx current is macOS 13.7.8 - i would start there

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

You can try resetting NVRAM/PRAM Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

(get at least two-three rounds of the chimes when holding the NVRAM Reset)

Did you install any of the software that came with the LaCie drive? If so uninstall it according to the developer's instructions. The macOS does not need any help in managing drives formatted APFS, OS X Extended (journaled), FAT 32 or EXFAT. The drive's software only complicates things.