[NMUG] Blinking Lights

[Ken Hamer]

Yes, but the system has to be up, running and happy for this to work.  
Disk lights are at their most useful when the machine is feeling poorly.

Steven Jefferson wrote:
> Why all the fuss?
>
> Activity monitor can show Disk Activity in the Dock......
>
>
> On 2 Oct 2009, at 22:53, Ken Hamer wrote:
>
>   
>> Absolutely!  One feature I really dislike about Macs is their lack of
>> disk activity light.  I have a software one on the desktop (can't
>> remember which one - only have my W7 Toshiba with me at present) but  
>> if
>> the graphics were to hang, it wouldn't be much use.  In fact, previous
>> patch levels of Leopard DID hang when the Mini came out of standby -  
>> and
>> no disk light - grrrrrr.  A disk light is one of the most useful
>> diagnostic devices there is but it's not very "Steve-ish" so I'm not
>> expecting them to make a reappearance any time soon.  I've often  
>> thought
>> of doing a hardware hack but I haven't got to that state yet.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> Simon Royal wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who missing blinking lights or activity lights on
>>> computers.
>>>
>>> Once upon a time there was a light for hard drive activity and a  
>>> light
>>> for optical drive (or floppy drive) activity. But we don't seem to  
>>> see
>>> those anymore.
>>>
>>> I have a PCMCIA card in the slot (instead of an internal Airport  
>>> card)
>>> of my PowerBook for wireless and it has a solid power light and a
>>> light that flashes whenever I transfer data, other than that no other
>>> lights.
>>>
>>> Sometimes these were handy to tell whether something was working of  
>>> not.
>>>
>>> Simon Royal
>>> ---
>>> Site: http://www.simonroyal.co.uk. Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal
>>> . Skype: Simon-Royal. (PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD,
>>> SuperDrive, Mac OSX 10.5)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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