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Using Docks and Third Party Enclosures
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Hi, I have two thunderbolt-2 drive enclosures, a AKiTiO Thunder2 Quad SATA Storage Enclosure, and a OWC ThunderBay IV 4-Bay enclosure.
I was wondering what would be the safe way to turn off the enclosures. I considered using the dock ejector software, but that also ejects attached USB drives as well that I want to remain connected.
If I go to softraid, unmount all the volumes, wait 1 minute and the turn off the enclosures with the physical power switch, is that safe? Or should I shut down the computer first and then turn off the enclosures?
Thanks!
Posted : 28/04/2025 3:06 pm
My preference is what you thought, unmount, wait a minute (or until no more lights flashing, then power off or shutdown.
SAhutting down should be enough, but sometimes MacOS shuts down before drives have a chance to flush the last data to disk.
Posted : 28/04/2025 3:23 pm
