External drives go to sleep when idle - extremely inconvenient/annoying! Any fix/solution?!
Drives sleep when my MacBook Pro 14" M2, running Mac OS Ventura 13.2.1 is idle - despite my Battery/Power settings to the following:
"Put hard disks to sleep when possible" - NEVER
"Wake for network access" - ALWAYS
MacBook Pro Apple Silicon 2023
I’ve done everything (all steps) that you’ve listed and still having the same issue. The drive(s) goes to sleep, it spins back up when you click on the drive to access the data.. others, it appears, are having the same issue..
Hi torkstone,
Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities. If this is happening with the external drives, here are a few steps that may be useful:
1. Restart your device to see if the issue is still there: Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support
2. Confirm that your device is using the most recent software to rule out the older one: Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support
3. Confirm with the manufacturer that this is not expected behavior.
4. Contact Apple Support here if you need further support: Contact - Official Apple Support
Have a great day.
Hello torkstone,
Thanks for checking the troubleshooting.
You will want to contact the manufacturer of the drive to see if it was designed to sleep to save power, or if they need an update.
Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support
Once you verify it's not working as designed and there are no updates, please contact Apple Support for more help.
Contact - Official Apple Support
Thanks.
Are the drives connected directly to the laptop or to a dock/hub? Try connecting the drives directly to the laptop. Also try disconnecting all other external devices in case one of them is causing a problem.
Have you tried restarting the laptop? Sometimes a reboot can fix issues.
Try booting into Safe Mode and seeing whether the same issue exists while booted into Safe Mode. Some functionality may be lost while in Safe Mode.
this looks like a common problem, try app Amphetamine a set "keep disk awake" option...its continuously accessing hdd each lets say 20s to keep it alive
Yes, all the drives are connected individually to the MacBook Pro M2; rebooting, disconnecting or reconnecting of drives to no avail. Booting into Safe Mode is not helping either.
The sleeping, winding down and winding up is beginning to worry me about possible drive/data damage, if this persists.
All drives are connected individually to the MacBook Pro M2; rebooting, disconnecting or reconnecting of drives to no avail. Booting into Safe Mode is not helping either.
External drives go to sleep when idle - extremely inconvenient/annoying! Any fix/solution?!
