Hard Drive activity indicator app?

[DnetMHZ]

I love my Macbook, but the one thing i really wish it had was a hard drive activity indicator.

Is there a small app that can sit in the menu bar and show hard drive activity?

 

[aphex]

One of my favorite programs; iStat

http://www.islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=28

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: aphex
One of my favorite programs; iStat

http://www.islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=28

Thanks! I'll check it out.

 

[erikistired]

i'm a big fan of the istat widget, i'll have to check out istat menus.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: fisher
i'm a big fan of the istat widget, i'll have to check out istat menus.

Its kinda confusing since they all kinda do the same thing, just in different parts of the screen

Widget, Menu Bar, or right on the Desktop

Nevertheless, excellent apps.

 

[kalster]

istat is awsome

 

[TheStu]

I love my iStat Menus. So much geeky information, right at my fingertips on the menubar. Right now I know that my machine is at 60c, with 22% aggregate load. I have 268MB/1GB RAM free, and 48.39GB/93GB HDD free. Lovely.

 

[bearxor]

I roll with MenuMeters. I just use the hard drive activity light. I don't really like a cluttered menu bar.

http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: bearxor
I roll with MenuMeters. I just use the hard drive activity light. I don't really like a cluttered menu bar.

http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

Very nice as well!!

In case you change your mind and want to clutter it up, this site ROCKS for finding more things to stick up in your menu bar...

http://menu.jeweledplatypus.org/

 

[secretanchitman]

another one for menumeters...

 

[heymrdj]

60C? Sounds very very hot for a mobile? My T7500 is sitting here at 29C idle, 55C on 100% for 2 hours.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: heymrdj
60C? Sounds very very hot for a mobile? My T7500 is sitting here at 29C idle, 55C on 100% for 2 hours.

in what? my mbp idles around 43c, c2d 2.33.

 

[heymrdj]

Sounds like Mac needs to work on some better cooling pieces...

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: heymrdj
Sounds like Mac needs to work on some better cooling pieces...

Fisher raises a good point, the thickest Mac laptop is 1.06" thick CLOSED, there is not a whole lot of room in there.

If you are talking about a 1.5-2" thick machine with 4 heatsinks, 3 fans and a radiator, then that is a whole other situation.