Is it OK to unplug this drives on a MacBook when it is in sleep mode

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Is it OK to unplug this drives on a MacBook when it is in sleep mode

I connect my MacBook to a hub, but I find taking it upstairs to be a pain if I have to shut it down each time I want to use it in another location.

Is it OK just to shut the lid and go into sleep mode and then disconnect the hub and other drives?

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I don’t shut down before disconnecting, but I do (try to remember to) eject the external drives. Alfred makes that easy, but sometimes I just drag them to the trash.

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You run the risk of data loss by doing this,

However it’s easy to eject the drive and then disconnect it safely.

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Generally, no. But there’s this app.

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See this thread:

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How do u set up Alfred to eject the drives.

I have about 5 drives connected. It I do it manually and it takes about 5 min

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Features>Preferences and then ensure eject and eject all are checked. Then just type “eject” or “eject all” in Alfred.

It still takes some time.

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The app linked above will do that automatically for you, and will also remount the drives on wakeup, and it’s cheap. I haven’t used it in a while though as I no longer rely much on semi-permanently attached external drives.

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Reading On my phone I totally missed the link.

I will chk it out.

Thanks!!