Disksomnia

Free

Mac OS X

Disksomnia is a free utility application that stops external disks from going to sleep.

Disksomnia 2.0 is now available. Adds compatiblity with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and more frequent poking of external disks.

Asleep on the Job

Video editing and sleeping disks are a bad mix, particularly if you have media spread across several external disks. If you’ve ever moved the playhead to another part of the sequence and stared at the spinning beachball while a disk wakes up then you'll know exactly what we mean!

In theory, unchecking this option in the System Preferences > Energy Saver pane should stop disks from going to sleep:

However some disks ignore this setting and will still go to sleep if they haven't been accessed for a few minutes.

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"For me (and I suspect most Final Cut Pro professionals), Digital Heaven's apps and plug-ins are 'no-brainers'. From essential freeware (with Disksomnia and Video Space being particularly useful) to 'must-haves' like BigTime and Loader, I wouldn't want to go back to editing without them. Plug-ins such as DH_Subtitle, DH_Reincarnation and DH_LegalText pay for themselves within the first few hours of use. Last but not least, the videos are full of hints and tips that help make FCP even better to use. I'm a fan...but with good reason!"

Jason Porthouse
www.ivycottagepost.co.uk

Up All Night

Disksomnia solves this problem by giving external disks a gentle poke every 55 seconds if Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express is running.

After installing and launching for the first time, Disksomnia is totally automatic and works invisibly in the background. There are no settings, no need to launch the app manually and best of all...no more sleeping disks.

Current Version

2.0

System Requirements

Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express.
A sleepy drive.

Documentation

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