On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, JohnV wrote: > When I have the system on, why would the HD be constantly quietly chattering > away to itself? > It'll pause and be quiet for 10 sec or so and then start up again.
Probably Spotlight doing it's thing. Fire up Activity monitor and watch what's at the top of the activity list during quiet times, nbet it's something called 'mdworker', which is the Spotlight maintenance process. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
