OS X :: Stop Mac Waking When Remove Or Switch Off USB Hard Drive?
Aug 1, 2009
The default behaviour of Macs seems to be to wake up from sleep whenever a USB device is disconnected or switched off. This is not very helpful for how I like to operate. I want to keep most of my files on an external USB drive without power-down feature so that I have fast access to them at the click of a mouse button (don't want to wait for the drive to spin up as can happen frequently if your drive has the power-down feature). However, I like to sleep my Mac several times a day, and when doing so would like to switch off the external USB HD until I get back. So you see the annoyance, but perhaps there is a way to disable this wakeup feature of Leopard. I'd be happy to learn it from you!
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Oct 23, 2010
I just ordered my new MacBook Pro. I will transfer my current hard disk in my old MacBook Pro (Unibody, 17") to my new MacBook Pro (Unibody, 13"). Will the current OS X installation and the programs "just work" given the change in hardware (17" unibody to 13" unibody), or should I expect any problems?
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Sep 29, 2009
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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I restarted my computer and i now have 6GB left. But i want to know where that other 3GB went.
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Nov 16, 2009
This post may be in the wrong spot and if it is I am sorry.
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Aug 25, 2009
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Apr 28, 2012
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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