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<blockquote data-quote="jpdemers" data-source="post: 1885662" data-attributes="member: 117810">Similar problem here, Mac Mini running Big Sur, with an attached Raidon RAID box.&nbsp; For no good reason (e.g., when clicking on a url in an email message), the OS would to wake the drives, and I had to sit there with a spinning beach ball for a good 10-15 seconds while four HDDs spin up, one by one.&nbsp; EXTREMELY aggravating.SO . . . I installed a little app called Keep Drive Spinning (<a href="http://jon.stovell.info/software/keep-drive-spinning/" target="_blank">Keep Drive Spinning - Jon Stovell’s Software</a>) which works by creating and constantly updating a tiny file on whatever disk(s) you designate. (Probably saves the current system time, or something along those lines.) Now the drives don't spin down, so I don't have to wait for them. Not too energy-efficient, but HDDs don't draw all that much power, so no guilt over this. They're enterprise-grade drives, meant to run 24/7, so I don't worry about wear and tear either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jpdemers, post: 1885662, member: 117810"] Similar problem here, Mac Mini running Big Sur, with an attached Raidon RAID box. For no good reason (e.g., when clicking on a url in an email message), the OS would to wake the drives, and I had to sit there with a spinning beach ball for a good 10-15 seconds while four HDDs spin up, one by one. EXTREMELY aggravating. SO . . . I installed a little app called Keep Drive Spinning ([URL='http://jon.stovell.info/software/keep-drive-spinning/']Keep Drive Spinning - Jon Stovell’s Software[/URL]) which works by creating and constantly updating a tiny file on whatever disk(s) you designate. (Probably saves the current system time, or something along those lines.) Now the drives don't spin down, so I don't have to wait for them. Not too energy-efficient, but HDDs don't draw all that much power, so no guilt over this. They're enterprise-grade drives, meant to run 24/7, so I don't worry about wear and tear either. [/QUOTE]

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