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RCGMac

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Aug 21, 2007
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I have had my new iMac 21.5" for about 2 weeks now. Yesterday I picked up a 500 GB LaCie USB Drive to be used for my Time Machine drive. I have the drive connected directly to a usb port on the iMac. Sometimes when the iMac goes to sleep, when I wake up the iMac I get the dreaded "This Drive Has Not Been Disconnected Properly" warning.

I have made sure that the "Put Hard Disk(s) to Sleep Whenever Possible" option is not selected under the Energy Preferences. I have tried multiple usb ports, same issue. This isn't a constant issue, it just happens sometimes. Any thoughts?

Is there anyway to tell Time Machine to mount and unmount my drive when needed?

Thank you MR for your help! :)
 
Any thoughts? Sorry to seem impatient, this is just driving me batty.
 
Wow, really 3 days and still no response?! :confused: Is this really that uncommon of a problem?
 
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