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I started getting notifications that my Lacie external drive was not ejected properly. (I never disconnect it from my desktop iMac). At first rarely, then more frequently. Finally it said it could not access the drive. I went to chat on Apple Support and they suggested resetting the SMC and NVRAM and running in safe mode. I did all three and the problem seems to have disappeared. Any suggestions on what I should check?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
furryoneOne wrote:
I started getting notifications that my Lacie external drive was not ejected properly.
Perhaps the data cable is faulty so it keeps connecting and disconnecting the drive.
Finally it said it could not access the drive. I went to chat on Apple Support and they suggested resetting the SMC and NVRAM and running in safe mode. I did all three and the problem seems to have disappeared.
Any suggestions on what I should check?
Replace the cable!
furryoneOne wrote:
I started getting notifications that my Lacie external drive was not ejected properly.
Perhaps the data cable is faulty so it keeps connecting and disconnecting the drive.
Finally it said it could not access the drive. I went to chat on Apple Support and they suggested resetting the SMC and NVRAM and running in safe mode. I did all three and the problem seems to have disappeared.
Any suggestions on what I should check?
Replace the cable!
I did some poking around on the LaCie site and found this page, which seems to address my problem directly: "disk not ejected properly" It says the error message is sometimes triggered by the machine or disk going to sleep, and resetting the NVRAM fixes this
LaCie external drive malfunction
