My MyPassport external USB drive (older version, from 2010) works very well. But I noticed that after I unmount it in OS X, the drive continues to spin, and it even continues to read or write because I can hear the head moving around inside. So it keeps clicking (as if it was actively reading or wri…

MyPassport drive stays active (clicking+spinning) after unmount

Alucardx23 January 12, 2013, 8:48pm 2

The same happens with the model that I have (WDBY8L0020BBK), so I guess it’s normal .