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Need more great software? Check out our must-have software list. For the firmware, the user guide says that there is a. The device can be run via firmware, in which case here are DIP switches to control the RAID mode, or via a Mac App (QNAP External RAID Manager). You need to go into QTS and set the appropriate settings to disable Standby mode.

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Keep Drive Spinning for Mac OS X has been saved to your software list. In this case, the QNAP is controlling the drives, not macOS.

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Would you like to receive announcements about new Keep Drive Spinning for Mac OS X versions by email? More details and free registration here. The spinning wheel indicates common issues such as when an application is performing some sort of action that is in progress, when demanding computing tasks are taking place, or when a Mac is frozen altogether.

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If it doesn't, click here to start the download process manually. How to quickly stop the spinning wheel on mac Check Mac for Viruses Upgrade Mac By Adding More Memory (RAM) Clean Disk Storage and Uninstall Unnecessary Apps. The download should start automatically in a few seconds. Time Machine is off.Top Software Keywords Show more Show less To deactivate an app, right click its icon in the dock and select Quit option (or choose Keep Drive Spinning 2.6.1 > Quit Keep Drive Spinning 2.6.1 on the Menu bar). PS: I am not using any backup software with any of my drives. Prior to the removal of Keep Drive Spinning 2.6.1, you should first log into your Mac with an administrator account, and turn Keep Drive Spinning 2.6.1 off if it is running. After you hear the startup tone but before you see the spinning rainbow. Since all tests are passed, why is the drive keeps spinning and the light flashing even if it’s unmounted? (but other drives don’t behave like this) Keep in mind that anyone with a Mac OS X Installation CD-ROM can reset your. I have tried other USB ports on the Mac and the drive behaves the same way regardless which port it is attached to. When I unmount them, they spin down and won’t start spinning.

The drive will then act normally for the new session but will fail the next time that it wakes from sleep. It is not possible to mount the drive using utilities so the power has to be pulled out, and then turned on from scratch.

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I have 2 other older WD portable drives (WD Elements 1TB and 2TB). The drive then disconnects but keeps spinning. Version 3.0 is a major rewrite to support macOS 10.15 (Catalina). For use with certain external drives that don’t respect Mac OS X’s power management settings. Energy Saver Presentations is exactly the same as DVD Playback, except that it doesn't keep the DVD drive spinning.

You may not notice that it is still on unless the room is very quiet. The platter will continue to spin, and depending on the brand and model, it may be very quiet. Then the drive is just keeps spinning and never stops. Makes sure that a selected drive does not go to sleep unexpectedly. When you shut down a Mac, any modern external hard drive will park its heads.

After 5 seconds (!!!) the drive starts spinning again - even though it is not mounted - and the back LED flashes 4 times every 8 seconds. Keep Drive Spinning for Mac OS X 3.

The drive is unmounted, the icon disappears from the Finder and the drive stops spinning.

Spotlight indexing is disabled for the drive, so no indexing is taking place.

You can hear the drive spinning and feel it a little when you place your hand over it.

Connect the drive and wait until it shows up on the Finder.

Today, October 27th, I noticed that for some reason, the drive never stops spinning, even after I unmount it. The ‘Complete Drive Test’ took 7 hours - phew!!! - but all tests have passed. I have installed the WD Drive Utilities app, and ran all tests on the drive. I use it with the Mac, so I reformatted it for OS X, no big deal. On October 26th, I have purchased a WD My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 drive.