tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19169586.post4709860927710379381..comments2023-05-30T11:30:34.655-04:00Comments on Inventive Rants: Early 2007 24 iMac freeze. One source found.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10322946505843482067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19169586.post-9259084096546714822008-02-21T15:37:00.000-05:002008-02-21T15:37:00.000-05:00Well, I believe Time Machine is probably the culpr...Well, I believe Time Machine is probably the culprit for half your problems as it it is causing havoc with many users. I use Carbon Copy Cloner with my WD MyBook and it works fine.<BR/>There are problems with the MyBook for sure, but the ones you describe are not caused by the MyBook. It is caused by the sleep function of Leopard and the WD spin down feature. 10.5 has had problems showing external disks in the Finder and sometimes they get lost. Usually you can revive them by going to the Finder preferences, and selecting the hard drive again. You can also revive the drive by starting up disk utility. You don't have to restart your Mac. This is a Mac bug though.<BR/>Myself, I just bought a 750 G Maxtor external. It comes with worse software than the Western Digital, but it can be used as a normal hard drive once it is formatted properly. FInally a drive that doesn't spin down every 2 minutes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322946505843482067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19169586.post-16452752331673589022008-02-21T15:24:00.000-05:002008-02-21T15:24:00.000-05:00February 21, 2008I have a Mac Mini, Leopard 10.5.2...February 21, 2008<BR/>I have a Mac Mini, Leopard 10.5.2 and a MyBook Home 1TB.<BR/>I dowloaded and installed the recent firmware update and the new button manager.<BR/>IT DOES NOT WORK! The MyBook drive disappears from the desktop when the Mac goes to sleep, then I have to restart everything. Time Machine becomes totally useless.<BR/>I'm sick of this HD, I return it to Costco and order a LaCie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com