{"id":30485,"date":"2006-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=30485"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"appropriate-unmount-firewire-devices-mac-computer-before-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/appropriate-unmount-firewire-devices-mac-computer-before-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it appropriate to unmount FireWire devices from my Mac computer before shutting down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Glyph service department has identified instances where simply shutting down a Mac OS 10.4.x machine while FireWire drives are still mounted can result in the directory of the drive being corrupted the next time the computer boots. We are not sure what causes this, as it has been reported with many drive brands, but always on Mac OS 10.4.x. 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