<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpeeaf800yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I seem to have solved this problem, and it wasn't DigiKam - it was Spotlight. Once I excluded the external drive from Spotlight the problem stopped (of course Finder no longer indexes changes to the drive). Thanks anyway!</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpeeaf800signature">Ronald Orenstein<br>1825 Shady Creek Court<br>Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2<br>Canada<br>ronorenstein.blogspot.com<br>ronorensteinwriter.blogspot.com</div></div>
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On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 11:43:39 p.m. EDT, <ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:
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<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;">I am using the MAC OS version of 7.0.0rc. Some of my albums are on an external WD My Book hard drive. I find that the drive is continuously being accessed as long as Digikam is running even if I am not using the program (quitting the program stops the disc from spinning). Does anyone know why this is, and what I can do stop it other than repeatedly shutting down Digikam? Thanks!</span></div>
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Ronald Orenstein 1825 Shady Creek Court Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2 Canada ronorenstein.blogspot.com</div>
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