Any OS X Yosemite (10.10.2) users notice this hard drive has issues booting up after sleep?
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I run Yosemite 10.10.2 and have not noticed any difference in boot times (my disk connects via Thunderbolt 1.0, not USB 3.0). It does take the drive several seconds to boot up and become available after it goes to sleep (which is very annoying). The drive is fairly quick to go to sleep after non-use and I regularly have to wait for it to become available again. But it did that with Mountain Lion and Mavericks, too. Despite having to wait for it to wake from sleep I am quite happy with the drive. Having 8TB of space with super-fast data transfer is a joy.
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Yes. We'd had success with turning off the option that puts drives to sleep in the Energy Saver system preference.
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A.J., Thanks for your post, I have just done the same thing and it works a treat. My Mac picked up the Seagate drive on the desktop with no bother. Seems like the case and heat issues are letting Seagate down here.F
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Not sure about booting to it but I do actually have mine partitioned 70/30 split with Mac journaled and NTFS as I use encryption on both partitions. I don't know on the bootable front as I use mine as a file mule and time machine. As a side not I will say this drive is far far heavier than it needs to be. Writing and read speeds are blazing fast but I feel like it's lined with lead.
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You would push in the button "before" boot up/power on. I use this item for cloning one hd to another, or just booting up from a different drive.
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I have not used the Cool Gear adapter hard drive as boot up drive..., but have you adjusted your bios settings to allow boot up from a USB hard drive?
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There is a switch inside of the caddy next to the SATA Connector which I believe affects the sleep mode...maybe diagnostic mode as well. Not sure if they're linked.
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I have been using it with Mavericks for six months. I haven't had a single problem. However I only use it as a Time Machine backup drive.
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try plugging it back to where it worked well. that's for checking if your hard drive is still good.
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Hi. Just in case no has answered this for you, there is a fix that works. You find the details regarding why this happens at http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259. It will also give you the fix. Or you can read the reviews/comments on Amazon.com: occasionally someone will write out the steps to fix this (like baseballguy7). My daughter's MBP required this fix and it has been going on 2 months with no problems. Dont by daunted by the fix; it is actually pretty easy. Hope this helps.
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Hey, I have the same macbook. mines can't be rebooted due to failure of ssd... just wondering if you had already tried this or had tried others that worked?
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Mine arrived formatted as ExFAT, and locked in a weird read-only mode because of it. I eventually had to boot from a Mavericks installer thumb drive to get it read/write so I could finally format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
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Have you formatted the drive already? If so, check the power/SATA cables or switch to another SATA port.
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Cant say. I haven't had any issues with my drive at all. Its been working great for me the last few months. Mine has been HIGHLY reliable to the point
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I have the same model, a mid 2009 15" unibody MacBook Pro. Did this drive end up working for you?
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no...it will boot up if you have the drive chassie mounted...its a piece of cake...i do sugest thow...once installed you restart your computer...then your all done
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I have 2 with no problems but, recently 1 of them want down and i have no cull as to why. the good news is Oyen digital is going too help recover n send a new one .So why not i like these drives work fine with my Mac.