MacBook Air M3 Sleep & External Drives

Szymon · 02-25-2025, 03:00 PM

Hi czarnikd,

Logically, the external drivers are connected to the USB hub inside the docking station. While the system goes to sleep mode, all peripherals are also disconnected.
I can suggest an experiment described in this article: Fixing USB disconnects on sleep on MacOS
It could be a compromise between selectively power off e.g. displays while parts of the system would be kept operational.

Regards,
Szymon

02-25-2025, 03:00 PM	#2
Szymon DisplayLink Tech Support Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 316	Hi czarnikd, Logically, the external drivers are connected to the USB hub inside the docking station. While the system goes to sleep mode, all peripherals are also disconnected. I can suggest an experiment described in this article: Fixing USB disconnects on sleep on MacOS It could be a compromise between selectively power off e.g. displays while parts of the system would be kept operational. Regards, Szymon