Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-17 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi Ronni, I just downloaded and installed firmware for WD Drive. Then put iMac to sleep and woke a few minutes later. Got told off again for ejecting incorrectly …… BUGGER ! I will take at look at Roberts Google link ! On 16/08/2013, at 7:31 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen,

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks for the link Ronni, I am certainly undecided at this point. I will check them both in the shop (Retina and non-retina) and that may help sway me. I am off to the USA/Canada in Sept/October and when I return hopefully the Haswell business is released by then or soon after. Either way I

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-17 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Stephen, I have assumed that you formatted the external drive correctly for Time Machine -Format: 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' and that the Partition Map Scheme is 'GUID Partition Table'. As you have not answered my question, I do not know what WD Portable External Hard Drive model you

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-17 Thread Stephen Chape
Thank you Ronni, Drive Model is WDBBEPOO10BBK-01 I have formatted as Mac OS Extended Journalled (not sure about GUID Partition Table) I also have the Energy Saver settings as you suggested. It could be as you suggested re the very low power in sleep mode. My step daughter has an older Mac

Mac getting forgetful

2013-08-17 Thread Pat
I close my Mac Pro, 10.8.4, down every night. Just before I shut it down, I systematically close every open application. The last few months, when I start the Mac up the next day, occasionally it comes up with all those applications open, and it is now happening more frequently. Is this a

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, Check your Time Machine backup that it has been backing up all data, and that no files have been damaged by unmounting and disconnecting incorrectly. My comments below. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 18/08/2013, at 11:55 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Thank you Ronni,