MacBook Air M3 Sleep & External Drives

czarnikd · 02-22-2025, 03:38 PM

I have a new MacBook Air M3 running Sequoia 15.3.1 with DisplayLink Pluggable 4K Plug & Display dock attached. The dock has 3 external hard drives attached and two monitors.

My problem occurs when the Mac goes into sleep mode, the hard drives think they have been ejected incorrectly and throw up their typical warning message. One message I could live with, but if I'm gone for more than an hour, upon my return I am greeted with 60+ error messages to clear out before I can get back to work.

My workaround is to restart the system, but I shouldn't have to do that. Is there a configuration setting that I've missed?

I'd like not to have to stop my MacBook from going into sleep mode but I don't want to risk corrupting my hard drives either.

Any advice?

02-22-2025, 03:38 PM	#1
czarnikd Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2025 Posts: 2	MacBook Air M3 Sleep & External Drives I have a new MacBook Air M3 running Sequoia 15.3.1 with DisplayLink Pluggable 4K Plug & Display dock attached. The dock has 3 external hard drives attached and two monitors. My problem occurs when the Mac goes into sleep mode, the hard drives think they have been ejected incorrectly and throw up their typical warning message. One message I could live with, but if I'm gone for more than an hour, upon my return I am greeted with 60+ error messages to clear out before I can get back to work. My workaround is to restart the system, but I shouldn't have to do that. Is there a configuration setting that I've missed? I'd like not to have to stop my MacBook from going into sleep mode but I don't want to risk corrupting my hard drives either. Any advice?