I found a solution that nobody has suggested before. I have sent this to WD support to resolve my case.
I have several folders as a login item on OSX and spotlight is indexing it.
I removed the folders from login items…
It’s not the internal OS of the drive indexing itself it’s spotlight indexing it all the time.
- Connect the volume or drive you want excluded to your Mac. 2. Open the System Preferences application. 3. Click on Spotlight, then click on the Privacy tab. 4. Drag your volume or drive into the Privacy menu to exclude them from Spotlight’s indexing.
The drive happily sits with a constant green light and it even sleeps and goes blue!
