Is there any way to spin down only some hard disks in OS X ? Energysaver put all hardisks to sleep but thats not what I want. I like to keep my internal hard disks running 24h but external hardisks should be off at night.
In linux I can use hdparm and NetBSD uses atactl command to do this trick but how to do this in OS X ?
Previously, Kimmo Hamalainen wrote:
Is there any way to spin down only some hard disks in OS X ? Energysaver put all hardisks to sleep but thats not what I want. I like to keep my internal hard disks running 24h but external hardisks should be off at night.
In linux I can use hdparm and NetBSD uses atactl command to do this trick but how to do this in OS X ?
try typing "man atactl" in the terminal of Mac OS X and see if that command is available.
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