CCC should be able to mount the target backup drive and unmount it when it’s done. That’s what mine does every morning around 6 a.m.
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SuperDuper and ChronoSync will automatically mount and unmount drives as well.
I just wasn’t sure if that would conflict with Jettison disconnecting drives when asleep.
Really maybe I should have a script to mount/unmount my TimeMachine drive when I know my computer will be hooked up to the dock.
Between that an CCC I should be able to have my laptop in a state of no mounted drives during times I might unplug it from the dock.
Basically I want to get to the point I can grab my laptop whenever I want and not worry that a drive is mounted.
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Here are mine…
Visible
Those I often need to interact with:
- Bartender (menu bar item manager; old version)
- Dato (alt clock and calendar with timezones; old version)
- iStat Menus (network speed; old version)
- xBar (custom menu items powered by my own shell scripts)
- Proxy Status
- Software Sales Stats
- GitHub Issues
- Eject Volumes
- Caffeine (used to set Mac not to sleep)
Hidden
Those I infrequently need to interact with:
- Bookmark manager hotkey app (my own, unreleased; supports linkding)
- OTP Auth (2FA codes)
- ToothFairy (Bluetooth/AirPods helper)
- Fluor (specify function key behaviour per-app)
Always Hidden
Those I rarely need to interact with:
- Bluesnooze (turns off Bluetooth when Mac sleeps)
- NepTunes (audio scrobbler and track notifications)
- SoundSource (custom audio equaliser with my hearing profile audiogram)
- DeepL (instant translation of copied text when doing Cmd+C twice)
- Alfred (multi-tool with clipboard history and custom workflows)
- Default Browser (open links in your most recently used/active browser)
- Tiles (window manager)
- Hammerspoon (my own window and workspace manager functions written in Lua)
i’ve linked all of these in a post on my blog:
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/21/the-menu-bar-items-i-use-on-macos/
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