Post #4338448
2026-08-02 22:37 UTC
I plug in an external HDD, it takes some 35s to spin up, and then another 65s where Finder sees the disk, but its contents are just "Loading...". What the fuck is it doing? There are a total of 13 entries at the top level of that file system hierarchy, retrieving those should take less than 1s.
Replies (3)
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@shac@ioc.exchange 2026-08-02 23:07
@siguza@infosec.space fsck because it didn’t unmount cleanly?
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@jann@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 23:46
@siguza@infosec.space if it takes 35s to spin up... stupid question, is the thing getting enough power? FWIW, wireshark can show USB traffic, and the wiki claims that USB capture also works on macOS if SIP is off or something like that...
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@dataq@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 13:33
@siguza@infosec.space So much Quick Look / Spotlight shite going on in the background, that would be my guess. Solution seems to be to keep the drive empty.