Pop plugin · Files & System
Disk Speed
Measure how fast a hard drive, USB stick or portable SSD writes and reads sequentially. Select a file or folder on a disk to test that disk, or nothing to test the startup disk.
How to use it
Select something, hold the right mouse button, swipe. The animation plays the steps one after another; click a step to see it again.
- Select something on the driveWith nothing selected it tests the startup disk.
- Hold the right mouse buttonAbout a quarter of a second. A short click still opens the usual menu.
- Swipe to “Disk Speed” and let goIt sits on the ring where you put it, and it’s always in All Actions.
- It tests the drive you selected
- It writes, then readsThe numbers move as it runs.
- Copy the result
What it does
Measure how fast the startup disk, an external drive, a USB stick or a portable SSD writes and reads sequentially.
Select a file or folder on a drive to test that drive, or nothing to test the startup disk; the card also lets you switch, and shows the format, internal or external, and free space.
Pick a 256 MB, 1 GB or 4 GB test file. It writes, then reads, bypassing the system cache; the numbers move while it runs and end on the average.
The test file is deleted afterwards, even if you stop or something fails, and the test won’t start without enough space. Copy the result in one click.
Install it
Plugins aren’t part of the Pop download. Install this one when you need it.
1From Settings
In Pop’s Settings › Actions, find “Disk Speed” under Plugins at the top and click Install. It downloads from Pop’s GitHub release in a few seconds and works right away, without a restart.
2Or from the ring
Open All Actions on the ring and search for “Disk Speed”. Plugins that aren’t installed are listed after your actions: click it to install, and it runs right away if it can handle what you selected.
3Then use it your way
Put it on the ring in Settings › Ring, give it a shortcut, or run it from Shortcuts and scripts with its link:
pop://run?plugin=diskSpeedUninstall it from the same list when you no longer need it: the plugin and its settings are deleted. After Pop updates, installed plugins are updated with it, and with iCloud sync on, what you install syncs to your other Macs.
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