Issues with FCP on intel iMacs with external drives

Shaun Roemich · March 3rd, 2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by William Hohauser

Go into "Energy Saver" in System Preferences and uncheck "put Hard Disks to sleep when possible". That has solved disk spin-up problems on all my Macs running Final Cut.

Doesn't work with the Black WD MyBooks. It is an internal drive logic issue specific to the MyBook's. There is a FAQ at WD's website that states that it is not possible to change.

I was unaware of the 3rd party solution. I will look into that once the current project in my edit bay is finished. Thanks David.

Shaun Roemich · March 3rd, 2009, 10:35 AM

My WD external hard drive spins down after some inactivity. Can I disable this feature?

William Hohauser · March 3rd, 2009, 11:26 AM

Makes the drives a little bit unsuitable for video editing. Everything else they would be fine.

March 3rd, 2009, 10:35 AM	#17
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March 3rd, 2009, 11:26 AM	#18
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Makes the drives a little bit unsuitable for video editing. Everything else they would be fine. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation