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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
HDD turns off iMac11,2
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1596416" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>When you say it turns the iMac off, do you mean it actually powers the machine down or just puts it to sleep? I've never heard of an external hard drive that when attached, would power off a computer. The only thing I can think of that might cause that is if the drive is drawing too much power and overloading the iMac. That might cause the iMac to turn off as a means of protection. However, Macs have a built in protection against over current to USB devices and will generally disable the device or turn off the USB port.</p><p></p><p>As far as getting your data off the drive, use your daughter's computer if the drive is working OK there. If her computer is a PC, you can install a HFS driver in Windows so that it can read and write to the drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1596416, member: 46727"] When you say it turns the iMac off, do you mean it actually powers the machine down or just puts it to sleep? I've never heard of an external hard drive that when attached, would power off a computer. The only thing I can think of that might cause that is if the drive is drawing too much power and overloading the iMac. That might cause the iMac to turn off as a means of protection. However, Macs have a built in protection against over current to USB devices and will generally disable the device or turn off the USB port. As far as getting your data off the drive, use your daughter's computer if the drive is working OK there. If her computer is a PC, you can install a HFS driver in Windows so that it can read and write to the drive. [/QUOTE]
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