2011 13" Macbook Pro Clicking noise?

I also have the same issue. Very subtle click at certain times. I honestly don't believe it to be a problem.

My wife and I just got MacBooks (love them) but also heard a clicking noise every minute or so. We timed it and hers clicked every 2 minutes. I thought that some process was reading the drive and had trouble with one sector and the drive would click 4 times. She took her computer in to have the Apple Geniuses look at it. They did not hear the click.

When she got back it clicked again. I had her turn off the sound...no clicks. After investigating, we found out that is was OUTLOOK! It is the sound it makes when it checks for email and there are no new messages. Playing the sound confirmed it and unchecking the box solved it. There were 4 clicks because she had 4 accounts being checked every 2 minutes.

What kind of idiot programmer picks a sound that sounds like a disk problem? Anyway, for some of you this might be the fix.

DB

Wow, Thanks! I was trying to figure it out. You're right, it is outlook! I get 3 clicks for the three acounts. I just bought the Macbook pro, now i can rest in peace knowing its not some crazy disk problem!

Thanks again!

YES its OUTLOOK!

open outlook>prefs>notifications and sounds>(uncheck) no new mail

And god yes!!!....why would any sound for any program mimic metal talon on hard disk wafer!!!!! DANG!!!

OMG YES!!!!

This had been annoying me for ages, was really annoying me.

Glad to help, I will be in London in July you can buy me a pint or ten, in thanks.