Intel Mac :: It Turn Off HDD That Is Constantly Spinning
Mar 12, 2012
I have a 27' iMac with internal SDD and HDD. I really like how it is so quiet. It worked really well out of the box though had a glitch which required a reinstall of Lion. Now the HDD is constantly spinning even if there are no apps open that require r/w access to the HDD. I've used pmset to turn it off after 1 min but I'd rather it didn't come on at all unless i send something to/from the HDD. Any ideas how to configure this correctly?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 27" i7 SDD HDD
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I'm using a different computer to write this. Â
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