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Why does OS X insist on spinning up all external drives when loading a file from the local drive?

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Mar 15, 20262098 views
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Why does OS X insist on spinning up all the attached external drives (firewire, usb) when loading a file from the local (internal) drive? It's driving me insane that I have to wait for 3 attached drives (1 back-up, 2 media) to spin up -- a total of 20s -- to access a file that is located only on my…

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Fix for: Why does OS X insist on spinning up all external drives when loading a file from the local drive?

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If by "access" you mean perform I/O operations on a file, then that should not be happening. If by "access" you mean that you're bringing up the standard Open/Save dialogs, then you are actually hitting those filesystems whether you realize it or no…

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