HDD Fan Control
2.5Control fan speed in relation to drive temperature.
Overview
HDD Fan Control controls fan speed in relation to drive temperature. If you have replaced your iMac's Hard Drive with a new Hard Drive or a SSD and the fan has started running at full speed creating a lot of noise, HDD Fan Control will control the fan speed, preventing the loud noise whilst keeping your drive safe
Note: This app is specifically designed to control your HDD Fan using your drives S.M.A.R.T data for iMacs with replacement drives which no longer provide correct temperature data to Apple's sensor
HDD Fan Control will run the fan at the correct speed, and keep your drive cool and safe from overheating.
Note: If you are looking for an application to adjust your Mac's fans from stock (and not to control fan noise after replacement disk) we can highly recommend the free smcFanControl or iStat Menus.
What's new in HDD Fan Control
- Added support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite
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- Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
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I installed this and used for 2 days I got unsatisfied with its inner fan control system and decided to delete it. I clicked the remove in pref pane, however the app was still in application folder, I removed this too!
I discovered that my RIGHT FAN was not working (via another software).
After 2 hours struggling to fix the issue and reseting SMC a dozen times, I discovered that those irresponsible lame developers made a daemon that always runs, and still runs after I uninstalled the app.
I forced quit the daemon but it kept coming back, the devil... I finally found it in lib/lunchdeamons and removed it, but still my Right Fan was broken at 300 RPM...
Then I reset SMC once again and my fan finally came back to life !
35$ ?! I wish the developers would pay me 3500$ for all the work and time I wasted dealing with this VIRUS app!
Press Command-Option-Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
Put your Mac to sleep by clicking the Apple () menu and choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
Restart your Mac by choosing Restart from the Apple menu.
Shut down your Mac by choosing Shut Down from the Apple menu.
If your Mac isn't responding, force the computer to shut down by pressing and holding the power button for 10 seconds. Note that you'll lose any unsaved work in any open applications.
If you're using a Mac notebook and it's having issues related to power or the battery:
Unplug the power adapter from your Mac and from the wall power socket for several seconds.
Shutdown your Mac.
Physically remove and re-insert the battery (if it's removable)
Restart your computer.
If the issue still isn't resolved after following these steps, you might need to reset the SMC. See the indicators and steps below.
A few minutes ago I downloaded and installed SSD Fan Control because the digital display looked cool.
But after rebooting and opening it, I saw an optical drive fan speed of almost 1800 RPM.
I own a 2012 Mac Mini with NO DISC DRIVE.
So I don't know what sensor it's reading, but it sure ain't for the optical drive!
That alone is reason to pass it up for one of the better fan apps.
Who knows what sensor the display is really reading?