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StorageStatus review: Be a little smarter about how you use your storage

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Connected drives are the lifeblood of my workflow. No matter how much internal storage I have in my machine, I still keep an arsenal of external drives around for backups, music, videos, and anything else I don’t want bogging down my day-to-day.</p><p>
Once they’re plugged in, though, I tend to forget about them, to the point where I often pull them out without properly ejecting. <strong>StorageStatus (http://subtlebllc.com/StorageStatus/)’</strong> (Mac App Store link (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storagestatus/id686794795?mt=12)) active menu bar icon didn’t just alleviate my absent-mindedness, it taught me to identify each drive’s cycles so to better maximize efficiency.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2598303/storagestatus-review-be-a-little-smarter-about-how-you-use-your-storage.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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