how to prevent my external drive from waking up when my mac wakes up?

i have 2 tb external hard drive use sparingly throughout week listen itunes or save documents.

have drive mounted 24/7, don't need spin every time wake mac sleep (which 4-5 times day).

want drive last , don't want put unnecessary wear , tear on it.

thanks.

 

you try ejecting disk utility. should able remount disk utility when need it.

afro1989 said: ↑

i have 2 tb external hard drive use sparingly throughout week listen itunes or save documents.

have drive mounted 24/7, don't need spin every time wake mac sleep (which 4-5 times day).

want drive last , don't want put unnecessary wear , tear on it.

thanks.

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