Error Report / KDS on an External G Drive

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Dec 9, 2019, 11:53:03 PM12/9/19
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John, the app no longer keeps my G Drive spinning although it's worked so well for 2+ years. Here's the report

Result:
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Macintosh HD is not currently configured to be kept awake.
Run Keep Drive Spinning to change this.


Details:
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The Keep Drive Spinning launch agent for G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt is not working correctly.
The reason for the failure could not be determined automatically.
The diagnostic information below may yield a clue.
OS version:
10.15.1

Volume info:
Name: G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt
Path: /Volumes/G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt
Format: Mac OS Extended format

Current date:
2019-12-09 19:56:59 PST

Contents of hidden file:
2019-10-16 08:51:28 PDT

Status of all loaded Keep Drive Spinning launch agents:
- 1 info.stovell.KeepDriveSpinning.G-DRIVEwithThunderbolt

Launch agent path:
/Users/scottflora/Library/LaunchAgents/info.stovell.KeepDriveSpinning.G-DRIVEwithThunderbolt.plist

Launch agent contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"><plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>info.stovell.KeepDriveSpinning.G-DRIVEwithThunderbolt</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/bin/bash</string>
      <string>-c</string>
      <string>if [[ -w '/Volumes/G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt'/.keepThisDriveSpinning ]]; then date '+%F %T %Z' &gt; '/Volumes/G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt'/.keepThisDriveSpinning; fi</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>60</integer>
  </dict>
</plist>

Writing to the hidden file:
Succeeded

Jon Stovell

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Dec 10, 2019, 12:06:41 AM12/10/19
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Please upgrade to version 3.0. Apple introduced changes in macOS 10.15 (Catalina) that broke version 2.6.2.
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Dec 10, 2019, 11:57:28 AM12/10/19
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Jon Stovell

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Dec 11, 2019, 1:16:27 AM12/11/19
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You have to follow the instructions in the "Opening for the first time"  file.
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