OSXtasy Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Anyone ever wondered why Apple overlooks this simple yet very informative/miniscule led?????? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I dont miss it, to be honest. Why do you need one? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-317802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrjrr Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 It can be useful to know if there is hard drive activity going on while you think your machine may be locked up instead. There are menu bar utilities that show hard drive activity, but they only help after you have finished booting up. http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-317814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 hmm i guess you could be right. my only experience with real apple hardware is with notebooks, where you can hear or feel the hdd fairly easily but i guess it would be different with an imac or something. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-317833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic_dud Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I know it, even my old g3 haven't an hdd led... maybe they want to save $$$ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-317898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 No they aren't. Check any Macintosh, they haven't even from those hardware that have it's own led are normaly hidden. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Theres a patch for linux, I bet one could be made for OS X, where it uses the Digital Out hole as a hdd activity light. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I bet someone could finagle that... I remember when I was trying to install Vista, one of the digital audio ports was stuck shining red until I installed drivers for it. Someone just needs to figure out how to get direct access to that light, write some code to link it to HDD access, and tada. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 And why not have a registry that we can edit? And while we're at it, why can't we have the constant grinding of the hard drive like in a curtain-like OS? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic_dud Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I'd like also a reset button... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXtasy Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Oh yeah, I forgot about menu-meters, and I alredy have that installed. Anyway, I just thought it would be neat to have an activity LED. Maybe a very bright blue one, like the white power led on G5/MacPros. It would even be ok to just make the power LED flash when there is HD activity even, you know kinda like one of my DVD burners in my pc. Whe its not working its green, but when it is working, it flashes orange/green. Oh well............... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I'd like also a reset button... What for? You can use power button as reset (kinda). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic_dud Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 When my g3 freezes, i have to disconnect power as the power button doesn't turn off And when an intel mac runs windows, it's a must a reset button Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-318654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I noticed that when I installed Fedora or Suse on my Powerbook, the sleep light became a blinking hard drive light. It's annoying!! The sleep light is actually quite bright, and it is very distracting. So even if someone did develop the patch, it's not very desireable on many macs... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44396-would-be-nice-to-have-on-all-macs/#findComment-320145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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