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Does Mac OS X park the head of a USB drive?
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Mar 15, 2026679 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I was wondering if Mac OS X tells my USB hard drive to park its reading head or to spind down or something similar when I unmount it (i.e. press eject in Finder). Any ideas?
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It's not related to operating system at all. When modern hard disk drive loses power, it will park its head automatically while the disk is spinning down. For the system to work, no power is required. In the end, your HDD's head will be parked unles…
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