10.8.5: External Harddisk does not wake up with iMac after standby

After upgrade my iMac 27 early 2013 to 10.8.5 my external USB 3 harddisk (for TimeMachine Backup) does not wake up when my iMac wakes up from standby. The external disk is unmounted and a error message apears.
I had this problem really really rarely with 10.8.4 but now it is reproducable at any time.
Any hints?
PS: Yes, I have turnes of sleep mode of my external harddard in energy settings.
Thanks for any help...

I had the same problem with Time Machine and solved it by enabling "Enable Power Nap" in Energy Saver:
System Preferences...
Energy Saver
Restore Defaults
Check "Enable Power Nap: While sleeping, your Mac can back up using Time Machine and periodically check for new email, calendar, and other iCloud updates."
2013 21.5 iMac
OSX Mavericks
Seagate 1 TB slim USB 3.0 (power is drawn from USB port), formatted to Mac Journaling File System

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