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Hi Guys and Guyesses,
I don't know if this is the correct board to place this question so I'll apologise up front if I got it wrong.
I am using a Mac Mini Aluminium connected to a Plasma TV.
I don't leave CDs or DVDs in the drive after I finish using them but I sometimes leave an SD card or Memory Stick in a USB card reader fixed into the USB ports at the rear of the Mac.
Now, when my Mac/TV combo are untouched for 5 minutes, the Mac goes into a sort of Sleep mode and the TV screen goes blank. This is fine and how I want it to be. All I need to do to make it all come to life again is touch a key on the wireless keyboard or click on the Magic mouse.
The only concern is that when I do that, a message appears on screen to warn me that I have done a bad thing.
It is the same warning, in a bright red mini window, that you would get if you were working on your Mac and just pulled out the USB card reader while the memory card in it was being used.
Part of the warning is that damage can be caused by this action and that's the bit that has me worried.
The thing is, I am NOT actually removing the Memory card reader but the Mac thinks that I am. Is it still possible to cause any damage to the memory card or the Mac?
Cheers,
Steve
I don't know if this is the correct board to place this question so I'll apologise up front if I got it wrong.
I am using a Mac Mini Aluminium connected to a Plasma TV.
I don't leave CDs or DVDs in the drive after I finish using them but I sometimes leave an SD card or Memory Stick in a USB card reader fixed into the USB ports at the rear of the Mac.
Now, when my Mac/TV combo are untouched for 5 minutes, the Mac goes into a sort of Sleep mode and the TV screen goes blank. This is fine and how I want it to be. All I need to do to make it all come to life again is touch a key on the wireless keyboard or click on the Magic mouse.
The only concern is that when I do that, a message appears on screen to warn me that I have done a bad thing.
It is the same warning, in a bright red mini window, that you would get if you were working on your Mac and just pulled out the USB card reader while the memory card in it was being used.
Part of the warning is that damage can be caused by this action and that's the bit that has me worried.
The thing is, I am NOT actually removing the Memory card reader but the Mac thinks that I am. Is it still possible to cause any damage to the memory card or the Mac?
Cheers,
Steve