SOLVED Having a problem with a 500 gig SSD

[Nurgle2024]

Hi,
having a problem with a 500gig SSD, external on a USB C cable, as a cache for Photoshop 24, on my M1 24" iMac.

often getting a "Disk not ejected properly " message. on startup. Though I never egected or disconnected it.

anyone have this sort of problem with a SSD.? is it dying.?

I have backed it all up and saved.

Time to bin it.?

Regards, Sandy

 

[Lufbrarunner]

Have you tried a different cable and/or USB port?

 

[TonyAguila]

Hi,
having a problem with a 500gig SSD, external on a USB C cable, as a cache for Photoshop 24, on my M1 24" iMac.

often getting a "Disk not ejected properly " message. on startup. Though I never egected or disconnected it.

anyone have this sort of problem with a SSD.? is it dying.?

I have backed it all up and saved.

Time to bin it.?

Regards, Sandy

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What type of SSD is it, SATA or NVMe, and what kind of enclosure (USB or Thunderbolt)?

 

[Nurgle2024]

What type of SSD is it, SATA or NVMe, and what kind of enclosure (USB or Thunderbolt)?

Hi Tony,

not even that technical that i understand that. BUT it finally died. I bought a 5TB Western Digital hard disk (normal small self powered hard disk) and before it dies, managed to get the files of it. I was using it as photoshop scratch disk, so not surprised that it did not last. regular hard drives as scratch disks are Sooooo slooooww. but guess I will have to live with this till the world invents better technology, that at least lasts longer. so it goes in the bin today (keeping the cable, which is a USB C to SATA) so i would tenativly say this case is "solved"

(Photoshop is the only thing i know...)

best wishes Tony and Lufbrarunner.

 

[TonyAguila]

You have a silicon iMac, so undoubtedly you have Thunderbolt/USB-C ports. Have you considered getting an external Thunderbolt NVMe enclosure? Instead of a paltry ~200 megabytes/sec. hard drive speeds, I’m getting close to 2800 MBps on each of my two Thunderbolt NVMe drives, each a 4-TB Western Digital Black SN850X SSD. You can sure use extra storage space to free up room in your 500 GB internal drive.

 

[Nurgle2024]

Thank Tony.

I eves had to look up what they are..

I will see if I can get one and just use it as a photoshop scratch disk ONLY... no files stored on it.

regards, Sandy

 

[TonyAguila]

Thank Tony.

I eves had to look up what they are..

I will see if I can get one and just use it as a photoshop scratch disk ONLY... no files stored on it.

regards, Sandy

I was thinking about your situation when I came across the app, More Disk Space. It’s available on the Apple App Store. I’m careful about adding third-party apps, especially i“in app purchase” ones. This one for purchase up front, and definitely not subscription. The reviews are also encouraging. I will be purchasing this later today. For the price, I think it will be worth it.