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DiskSpy 1.3
Software LED shows disk activity.
- Operating system
- Mac OS
- File size
- 156 KB
- License
- Freeware
- Last updated
- Apr 25, 2026
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Overview
What is DiskSpy 1.3?
Software LED shows disk activity.
In depth
A closer look at DiskSpy 1.3
While many PC makers put hard disk LEDs on the outside of their computers, Apple hasn't put any disk LEDs on any Macintoshes since the SE/30. Some Mac old-timers may remember the number of products that were available during the System 7 era that provided a software disk LED in the menu bar.
DiskSpy is a small program that acts as a software disk LED for Macs running Mac OS X. DiskSpy sits in the menu bar and gives visual notifications when the OS is reading from or writing to a disk. DiskSpy does not run in the kernel region, does not use any private frameworks or undocumented APIs, does not require any hacks to use, does not trap any low-level I/O calls, does not run as the super user, nor does it actually write to any disk(s), so it is safe to use.
Verdict
Should you download DiskSpy 1.3?
DiskSpy 1.3 runs on Mac OS and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 156 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Desktop.
Verified clean. Every DiskSpy 1.3 build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
DiskSpy 1.3 specifications
- Category
- Desktop
- Publisher
- Nick Zitzmann
- Last updated
- Apr 25, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS
- File size
- 156 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 489
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