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MountMate

MountMate is a lightweight macOS menu bar utility that lets you mount and unmount external drives with a single click – no Terminal, no Disk Utility, no hassle.

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  • Open Source (MIT)

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What is MountMate?

MountMate is a lightweight macOS menu bar utility that lets you mount and unmount external drives with a single click – no Terminal, no Disk Utility, no hassle.

Whether you're dealing with a noisy spinning HDD or want finer control over when your drives are active, MountMate gives you a clean, no-nonsense solution right from your menu bar.

Features:

  • View all connected external drives
  • See which ones are mounted
  • Mount/unmount any drive with a click
  • Check available free space
  • Runs quietly in the menu bar
  • Fully native – no Electron, no dependencies

Why Use MountMate?

macOS automatically mounts drives when they’re plugged in – but gives you no easy way to remount them later unless you use Terminal or Disk Utility. MountMate is perfect for:

  • External HDDs you don’t always need
  • Drives used only for backup
  • Reducing wear and tear or noise
  • Improving system responsiveness

Private, Fast, and Safe

MountMate runs entirely offline, using native macOS APIs and command-line tools. It:

  • Does not track anything
  • Does not require to connect to the internet
  • Does not access your files
  • Does not require root permissions

Just a clean utility that does one job well.