tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post716528959723910138..comments2023-06-12T04:30:33.260-07:00Comments on My Mac Fixes: "How Do I Stop the Clicking Noise from the Hard Drive of My MacBook or Mac Mini?"Aaron Shepardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635644195776251190noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-75851230289582884492015-11-21T00:22:08.184-08:002015-11-21T00:22:08.184-08:00After having similar clicking noise issue.
Tried l...After having similar clicking noise issue.<br />Tried lingon as mentioned and followed the steps and voilaaa.....worked for me, the clicking noise is gone.<br />Awesome work Aaron..! !Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993026470388616984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-26264746317984656212012-09-21T10:25:13.586-07:002012-09-21T10:25:13.586-07:00I have tried various things when installing this, ...I have tried various things when installing this, from these instructions with Lingon onward, downloading both script and package files from the site, etc etc... It seems that right now, nothing is working. Console is giving me "FAILED" instead of "SUCCESS" right now, which is unfortunately the closest I have gotten to making this work, which is downloading the package, installing it, and restarting. If I type hdapm disk0 max into Terminal, it gives me a similar message including "FAILED". Disk1 is not applicable since I only have one hard drive. Why would it fail, especially from the package installation? I can't really trust myself to follow the instructions with the other stuff properly; I'm no Mac genius. Perhaps this is no longer possible in Lion? My computer is only two months old, and my load cycle count is 71748 already... The sounds are horrible; just last night I surfed the net for about 15 minutes just casually, in a quiet room with my fan turned off, and Audacity recording. I got about a click/tink/annoying noise PER MINUTE, and a couple of times there were two of them within seconds of each other! I think I am going to go to the Apple Store and try to get them to replace the drive seeing as I am not only under original warranty, but under APPLE CARE warranty as well... I'll see if they are willing to replace it with a DIFFERENT drive. (When I found out that they used Seagate drives in these, I just about cried, because my other hard-drive (Time Machine) is a Seagate, and I've had to wipe and reformat it already after using it VERY infrequently for a year.)Liamarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731428195900779768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-37055223708695415942012-03-17T17:56:46.824-07:002012-03-17T17:56:46.824-07:00Thank you! Chinese water torture it was. I just bo...Thank you! Chinese water torture it was. I just bought a used 2007 Mac Mini that had been upgraded to 2GB RAM and 120GB HDD from eBay, Not Apple specs so it was upgraded. One of the main reasons I bought a mini was because I wanted a quiet computer. It was so quiet then I started noticing the clicks. I left it on all night last night but the clicks were back with a vengeance. I closed all programs, checked the Activity monitor, disconnected the CAT5 cable, the monitor, the mouse the keyboard to no avail. I researched the web on fan noise etc then found this site. I downloaded the latest installer package at:http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/ and now no clicks. It is awesome! Thank you again!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624038296895639931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-37092912524468292542011-12-11T06:33:18.863-08:002011-12-11T06:33:18.863-08:00Ok, I contacted the developer and he told me to &q...Ok, I contacted the developer and he told me to "edit /Library/LaunchDaemons/hdapm.plist and change the "disk0" parameter to "disk1"...and it works now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-81303039456401006112011-12-11T03:54:34.502-08:002011-12-11T03:54:34.502-08:00Since this hack works for the main drive (where OS...Since this hack works for the main drive (where OS is installed), how would I make it work for my HDD in Optibay?<br /><br />I use SSD as my main drive so I wouldn't need hdapm on there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-33542015054832001052011-08-05T11:24:38.632-07:002011-08-05T11:24:38.632-07:00Unfortunately, what hdapm still does not include i...Unfortunately, what hdapm still does not include is an UNinstaller. I pointed this out to the developer, who thought it would be a good idea to add one. But until he does, I still recommend the procedure with Lingon.Aaron Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635644195776251190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-61773152860606907222011-08-05T03:23:39.523-07:002011-08-05T03:23:39.523-07:00hdapm now includes an installer that does all thes...hdapm now includes an installer that does all these steps for you. It's really easy.. Lingon is no longer required.<br /><br />http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-82340876425694967632011-05-12T04:14:34.687-07:002011-05-12T04:14:34.687-07:00Aaron,
thanks for this great post. I have a W...Aaron, <br /><br /> thanks for this great post. I have a Western Digital 750 GB Scorpio Blue running on Mac OS 10.6.7 and came across your blog post completely by chance. Serendipitously it would seem, as I had no idea this problem existed. Low and behold after running Smart Utility I discovered my load cycle was 165,000! Thanks for blogging this, and more importantly providing a fix that is easy to understand and follow. I ran your instructions and have the successful "Setting APM level to 0xfe" and "Success" messages in my console upon startup. Thank you very much for this, it looks as though it fixed my problem.Alex Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833630718234873982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-81047667846832681522011-05-05T21:15:30.733-07:002011-05-05T21:15:30.733-07:00This worked perfectly for me.
I have an early 200...This worked perfectly for me.<br /><br />I have an early 2008 15" MacBook Pro with a Hitachi 750GB hard drive.Tom Leibrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620110348551017654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-7612291756339076842011-05-02T21:34:09.302-07:002011-05-02T21:34:09.302-07:00Taylor, et al:
I've noticed that simply runni...Taylor, et al:<br /><br />I've noticed that simply running hdparm at startup is not completely sufficient. The drive advanced power management setting seems to get reset from time to time, for example when the system resumes from sleep. The best way I can think of to deal with this is to use the Task Scheduler to run hdparm at various times--startup, log on, unlock, resume, etc. Here is an example scheduled task setup which seems to be working well for me so far.<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/nkZKX.png<br /><br />To respond to the system resuming from sleep, you will want to the system event ID 1 from the Power-Troubleshooter source. This is captured in the above screenshot.<br /><br />I hope this helps.traphiconehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530234828149725012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-54304436183430383452011-05-01T10:46:44.098-07:002011-05-01T10:46:44.098-07:00Taylor: I had the same issue on my Windows 7 boot...Taylor: I had the same issue on my Windows 7 bootcamp partition, but I think I have it addressed.<br /><br />1. Download and install both smartmontools for Windows and hdparm for Windows.<br /><br />http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Download#Windows-InstalltheWindowspackage<br /><br />http://hdparm-win32.dyndns.org/hdparm/<br /><br />The hdparm binaries are a few years old, but they do seem to work.<br /><br />2. Add a new startup item to your registry. Create a new REG_SZ key named "hdparm" in<br /><br />Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run<br /><br />Give it a value of something like:<br /><br />"C:\Program Files (x86)\hdparm\bin\hdparm" -B 254 hda<br /><br />You may need to adjust this depending on where you installed hdparm.<br /><br />3. You can check that this is working with smartmontools:<br /><br />C:\Program Files (x86)\smartmontools\bin\smartctl.exe -a C:<br /><br />You ought to see your load cycle count toward the end of the output.traphiconehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530234828149725012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-79553559931185944362011-04-07T20:50:06.200-07:002011-04-07T20:50:06.200-07:00Just to clarify... SMS is enabled on the system, b...Just to clarify... SMS is enabled on the system, but a sudden motion does not register a load count in SMART utility, as it used to before.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539034322617643859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-60535582588299947522011-04-07T20:48:33.306-07:002011-04-07T20:48:33.306-07:00Works great, but I notice that SMS seems to be dis...Works great, but I notice that SMS seems to be disabled, and now my MBP won't sleep automatically after the time period set lapses. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539034322617643859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-78078710004717004382011-03-07T01:02:43.504-08:002011-03-07T01:02:43.504-08:00YIKES! This worked great for fixing the head parki...YIKES! This worked great for fixing the head parking problem while in OSX, but I have a windows 7 bootcamp partition and windows 7 is going nuts with parking the head!! Anyone have a fix for this!?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783493445674037215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-31971860412922347342011-01-15T19:27:29.984-08:002011-01-15T19:27:29.984-08:00Damn...
I get these lines in Console:
11-01-15 19...Damn... <br />I get these lines in Console:<br />11-01-15 19:15:34 CleanMyMacHelperTool[1545] Wont clean hdapm because disk image<br />11-01-15 19:15:34 CleanMyMacHelperTool[1545] Wont clean hdapm because disk image<br />11-01-15 19:18:44 com.Roland.launchd.hdapm[63] disk0: WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0 <br />11-01-15 19:18:44 com.Roland.launchd.hdapm[63] Setting APM level to 0xfe: FAILED: APM not supported<br />11-01-15 19:18:44 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.Roland.launchd.hdapm[63]) Exited with exit code: 1<br /><br />Doesn't work for 27" iMac???Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380982684226202280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-23007332282160193342010-12-07T23:34:25.500-08:002010-12-07T23:34:25.500-08:00I just bought my new MBP 13". I can not belie...I just bought my new MBP 13". I can not believe apple (lower case a because I'm angry) has the same problem with my old dell ubuntu laptop! I lost one hard drive and all the data in it. This new apple MBP already has 9000 counts after 110 hours!!!! Thanks to Aaron 10^10^10 times, I can now use my MBP without worrying that nightmare happen again!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526846003772931328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-89954578219919635722010-11-21T06:04:45.365-08:002010-11-21T06:04:45.365-08:00When I was running Tiger there was the occasional ...When I was running Tiger there was the occasional clicking sound from the hard disk but running Photo Booth in the background stopped this. But when I upgraded to Leopard the clicking got a lot worse and Photo Booth was no help. I got the Snow Leopard upgrade in the hope it would stop it but it didn't. <br /><br />I've seen other instructions for HDAPM but they seemed awfully messy but using Lingon was quick and simple and for over two weeks now it has stopped that clicking sound that was driving me nuts.<br /><br />Thank you!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727522732284354152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-17238513790577305162010-11-04T02:10:41.956-07:002010-11-04T02:10:41.956-07:00Using lingon didn't work for me.
I created an...Using lingon didn't work for me.<br /><br />I created an applescript instead which is loaded every time I log in.<br /><br />Just put this in the script:<br /><br />do shell script "/Applications/Utilities/hdapm disk0 max"<br /><br />and save as an app.<br /><br /><br />Haven't had a single load cycle for over a week!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563121939234172294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-47088301977774066022010-10-23T08:54:30.059-07:002010-10-23T08:54:30.059-07:00Worked for my wd 500gb scorpio blue on mac mini ea...Worked for my wd 500gb scorpio blue on mac mini early 2009.<br /><br />Glad that my load cycle was 194, Thanks Aaron.lonelycafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138389407914036975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-90649093407726291022010-10-22T01:54:43.642-07:002010-10-22T01:54:43.642-07:00Worked like a charm on my Mid 2009 Macbook Pro 13....Worked like a charm on my Mid 2009 Macbook Pro 13. <br /><br />I was not having any issues until I decided to make a fresh start with a Snow Leopard 10.6.3 install. A day later a 'click like' sound started to occur on random intervals no matter the machine was idle or not. Just followed the instructions and now it is gone! Thanks a million Aaron =)animaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666226566236738466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-32352185849494488022010-08-07T07:49:48.390-07:002010-08-07T07:49:48.390-07:00@jhh
I just installed a WD Scorpio Blue 750 gb HD...@jhh<br /><br />I just installed a WD Scorpio Blue 750 gb HDD in my 2008 MBP and used Aaron's instructions along with these (see below) and it fixed the parking, spin up/down, high cycle count, and beach ball. It'd be worth a shot before you resort to the outdated and slow USB.<br /><br />http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2250690&start=165&tstart=0<br /><br />Thanks for the help, Aaron!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473532234225642926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-63100799950458035872010-07-12T08:41:04.820-07:002010-07-12T08:41:04.820-07:00Hi. I have a 500gb WD Scorpio Blue. I was going to...Hi. I have a 500gb WD Scorpio Blue. I was going to put inside a Mac Mini, but then read about the spindown clicking problems here and elsewhere. So now I am thinking about putting it in an external USB box. Does anyone here know whether the spindown problem also obtains for a Scorpio 500GB in an external USB connected to a Macbook or Mini? Yet another alternative is to use the drive for Time Machine while connected via USB as an Airdisk to an Airport Extreme wifi router. Has anyone tried that? thanks in advance JHHjhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988296037986735415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-32869397522788087712010-06-08T17:39:27.682-07:002010-06-08T17:39:27.682-07:00I have a MBP 4.1 with an hitachi 200GB with 90000 ...I have a MBP 4.1 with an hitachi 200GB with 90000 cycles (for 2,5 years now). I still have 10.5.8 running but i planning to move to SL soon.<br /><br />I am also planning to change my HDd to an Hitachi 500 GB (5K500 or 7K500) as I have heard that these drives cause less problems than WD Seagate or Samsung. <br />Does anyone have experience with these 2 drives? anyone have used hdapm with these drives? and do you know if they support hdapm?<br />luisnobregaster@gmail.comLuis Nobregahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574676778751938411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-27800063915021057802010-04-18T18:31:26.302-07:002010-04-18T18:31:26.302-07:00Instead of all that complicated stuff, I just made...Instead of all that complicated stuff, I just made a text file that says "/Applications/Utilities/hdapm disk0 max" (without the quotes) and set it to be executable. It appears to run correctly when I double-click it. Then in the User Accounts I added that program as a startup item. Is there any reason that wouldn't work?Apollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961101041752727012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717531666569854267.post-88688985335688891282010-04-14T03:48:39.918-07:002010-04-14T03:48:39.918-07:00I needed to change the ownership, group and permis...I needed to change the ownership, group and permissions on /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.username.launchd.hdapm.plist to root,wheel, and 644.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com