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nielsmouthaan / ejectify-macos

Ejectify automatically unmounts external volumes when your Mac starts sleeping, and mounts them again after it wakes up.
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Disable and enable external drives based on a schedule #32

Open Metagit opened 2 years ago

Metagit commented 2 years ago

Hi and thanks for that wonderful app (for sure I paid)!

I have one issue that would be a perfect addition to ejectify:

When using an external classic HDD (very large capacity) for backups of other external drives (smaller SSDs), in my case with Vorta, it occurs that the HDD gets powered up and down pretty regularly without being in use at all. I don't know why and what causes it, but it is loud, annoying and unnecessary.

I have setup my Vorta schedule to backup my external SSDs once a day and it usually only takes a couple of minutes.

If ejectify could enable and disable a drive from 12:30 to 1:00 pm for example, or any other scheduled time, that would be absolutely fantastic. It shouldn't be too hard to implement and would not only make the life span of those HDDs longer and prevent unnecessary noise, but it will also safe energy and make the world a better place. :P

Cheers

nielsmouthaan commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I marked it as an possible feature for an upcoming version.