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#587530 - 12/30/12 10:38 AM Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011
musicalmarv7 musicalmarv7 Registered: 03/14/10 Posts: 2850 Loc: Philippines	Recently i heard a clicking sound in my mac mini when using Safari and the Lion system. I have this mini 1 year now. is this meaning to say that the HD is going now?I use Firefox and I never hear the sound like in Lion. Thanks marv
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#587540 - 12/30/12 01:18 PM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: musicalmarv7]
NucleusG4 Master•Blaster Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 12483 Loc: Miami, Fl.	How large is the drive and how much free space do you have? _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#587549 - 12/30/12 03:32 PM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: NucleusG4]
steveg Making a new reply. Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 27495 Loc: D'OHio	If it's a year old Mini, I think the two off-she-shelf HD options are 500 or 750 gigs. _________________________
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#587556 - 12/31/12 12:12 AM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: steveg]
NucleusG4 Master•Blaster Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 12483 Loc: Miami, Fl.	I mostly need to know since asking how much free space is irrelevant w/o knowing the size of the total drive. If it's maxed out then the drive will thrash trying to write and delete files. _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#587567 - 12/31/12 10:50 AM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: NucleusG4]
musicalmarv7 musicalmarv7 Registered: 03/14/10 Posts: 2850 Loc: Philippines	I have a 500 HD and 8 gigs of memory.Space free is 450.04 GB left.I just downloaded a 3rd party app called hdapm which is suppose to stop the clicks from the hard drive.Did you ever hear of this? Thanks Marv
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#587574 - 12/31/12 12:07 PM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: musicalmarv7]
NucleusG4 Master•Blaster Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 12483 Loc: Miami, Fl.	That's plenty of free space. Do you have Time Machine running on an external drive? If not, that is foolish. It's brain dead simple to run and keeps a current copy of your system at all times. Never heard of that app before... Some drives are just naturally chatty. _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#587586 - 12/31/12 06:45 PM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: NucleusG4]
steveg Making a new reply. Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 27495 Loc: D'OHio	I've been hearing a clicking sound every time I walk into my kitchen. Nebbermind. Had a tack stuck the heel of my shoe. _________________________
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#587589 - 12/31/12 07:05 PM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: steveg]
MacGizmo What? Registered: 04/03/02 Posts: 19195 Loc: Arizona	The clicking can actually be your network sending & receiving packets over the net. Do you have file sharing turned on? Have a cable modem? Connected to another server/computer? Have any apps installed/running that would be constantly updated (weather apps, news tickers, etc.)? Any of those things can be the cause of network traffic. _________________________ The Graphic Mac - Tips, reviews & more on all things OSX & graphic design.
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#587631 - 01/01/13 10:53 AM Re: Clicking sound of Hard Drive in the Mac Mini 2011 [Re: MacGizmo]
musicalmarv7 musicalmarv7 Registered: 03/14/10 Posts: 2850 Loc: Philippines	I have a modem which is hooked up into the telephone.This problem only shows when i use the Safari browser. Not Firefox.I have no router either.Thanks
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