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DiskSpy - 1.5

Virtual disk LED that shows reads/writes in the menu bar.

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All Time:	(4.2)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.5
Release Date:	2009-08-28
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	794
Downloads (all versions):	18,498

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Product Description:

While many PC makers put hard disk LEDs on the outside of their computers, Apple hasn't put any disk LEDs on any Macintoshes since the SE/30. Some Mac old-timers may remember the number of products that were available during the System 7 era that provided a software disk LED in the menu bar.

DiskSpy is a small program that acts as a software disk LED for Macs running Mac OS X. DiskSpy sits in the menu bar and gives visual notifications when the OS is reading from or writing to a disk. DiskSpy does not run in the kernel region, does not use any private frameworks or undocumented APIs, does not require any hacks to use, does not trap any low-level I/O calls, does not run as the super user, nor does it actually write to any disk(s) except to save its preferences, so it is safe to use. And the icons can be customized.

What's new in this version:

In the spirit of Snow Leopard, DiskSpy & Solid are now built with 64-bit addressing support on both Intel and PowerPC Macs. In addition, the 64-bit versions use Leopard's garbage collection feature, which improves responsiveness somewhat.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

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Excellent product. Nuf… - Version: 1.2.1, 10/31/2002 10:50PM PST

MarkRulz

said.

does the job… - Version: 1.2.1, 10/28/2002 04:22PM PST

UncleRick

I think I… - Version: 1.2.1, 10/25/2002 04:28AM PST

sfish

found out what was causing my complications with DiskSpy (and other menu items) loading to the right of Apple's menu items. I unintstalled Unsanity's APE (Application Enhancer Installer) and all my non-Apple menu loads are behaving the way they should. Just thought others would like to know.