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What "Industry Standards"?I know that 3.5" HDDs are powered by the socket, but 2.5" always by the USB port, certainly that 5TB I mentioned above is a bit more power hungry than the others, but it should respect the industry standards.
What makes you think the Mac doesn't meet its specs
When you connect three drives to a non-powered hub, the power for all three drives is being drawn from the single port on the Mac the hub is connected to
What "grinds? The Mac or the attached drives?Again, I can use 2 of these HDDs at the same time, it seems there is no issue, but 3 is a game over and the laptop crashes after a few nice grinds
Nothing should be grinding
Why do you think you need a UPS?I'm obviously afraid even with 2 now, and buying an external docking station pushes me to buy also an UPS, so, something like 350-400 pounds...
Is your mains power that unreliable?