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SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending hard disk drive problems. SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always
What's New
Version 3.0.0:
- REWRITTEN: completely new version of SMARTReporter with major new features
- REDESIGNED: completely overhauled user interface to be more capable and easier to use
- SMARTReporter now automatically detects and warns about configuration problems with the notifications
- Added support for hot-plugged disks, always check all connected disks
- Added a "Status" tab that shows a status summary of all 4 disk checks and notifications
- Added I/O-Error checking for external disks
- Added option to send an daily status report of all disk checks via email
- Added option to schedule regular short S.M.A.R.T. self-tests
- Added option to schedule regular S.M.A.R.T. parameter checks
- Added option to plot graphs of all collected information (e.g. plot disk temperature over time)
- Added option to display SMARTReporter in the Dock
- Added customized problem notifications (including changing the icon) for I/O-Error and R.A.I.D. problems
- Added an optional check for free disk space
- Added option to specify how often failed checks should trigger the problem notifications
- Added option to customize the text for all problem notifications
- Added integrated log-file viewer
- Added option to exclude disks from I/O-Error checks
- Added "context-sensitive, intelligent" help texts to ease configuration
- Added I/O error checking for non-admin accounts
- Ensured Mac OS X 10.8 compatibility
- The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.6.6
- SMARTReporter 3 is now distributed only through the Mac App Store and costs 4.99$ / 3.99€
- Some features from SMARTReporter 2 are not (yet) in this new version: non-english localizations, error checking for unmounted disks, per-disk S.M.A.R.T. checking interval
Version 3.0.0:
- REWRITTEN: completely new version of SMARTReporter with major new features
- REDESIGNED: completely overhauled user interface to be more capable and easier to use
- SMARTReporter now automatically detects and warns about configuration problems with the notifications
- Added support for hot-plugged disks, always check all connected disks
- Added a "Status" tab that shows a more...
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
- 64-bit processor
SMARTReporter User Discussion (Write a Review)
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SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending hard disk drive problems. SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always displayed through the customizable menu item. Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your FireWire hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple. Please note that a S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn't mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. catch all possible HDD errors - it's just a very valuable indicator.
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The "vers. 2.7.2 - 10.5" above refers to the last version that works on Leopard.
Just in case, anyone suspects the devs of anything. Still providing the last free version is fine, thanks.
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Akjim reviewed on 03 May 2012
Selling this ONLY through the app store is an example of short sighted developmental management. Consumers BUYING through only the app store are foolish as well. Single source supply through only Apple? What a slippery slope you tread!
We need distributed sourcing and we need robust fully functional applications.
If you won't provide me these things I'll do without. I hope more people will see the dangers of Apple's app store and opt instead to use Macupdate as their preferred source, and purchase directly from the author. Vote with your money!
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Harv reviewed on 25 Apr 2012
The new features & ease of use have convinced me that I made a sound investment. As best I can tell, it works as advertised and is rock solid.
FWIW, I did ascertain that the developer tests the code with (simulated) failing drives, so that he can verify that the app can actually detect a failure in progress. No doubt there are constraints & exceptions, but, IMHO, that does seem like a reasoned approach.
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http://www.corecode.at/downloads/smartreporter_source_2.7.2.zip
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I am grateful for all the years it has been free. And I hope the writer makes a ton of $$$ off of it as reward for his many years of hard work.
Yet, I've had SMART Utility find bad drives that SMARTReporter missed. When it was free, SMARTReporter was good enough, that most of my clients installed it.
However, it appears that SMARTReporter is now only available via the App Store at $5. However, at $100 for a business license, SMART Utility might actually be cheaper for some businesses. And you don't have to deal with the App Store. Which a number of my business customers would rather avoid.
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11707/diskwarrior
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Add to this list as you see fit.
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Each to his own though, just trying to be helpful. One day you'll agree with me, ask your Mac guru friends, everyone comes around when a hdd won't mount and disk utility is worthless and TT makes it worse.
Bye.
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Simbasounds reviewed on 04 Mar 2012
Still in the top five tools every Mac doctor should have
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I don't see anything like that here.
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With this, we can stop this pointless discussion.
Owners of these Macs are the ones who would need this app.
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Xenophile reviewed on 22 Apr 2012
This is a great example of price creep sans mission creep.
FAIL.
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Well, I'm not buying either as there's no trial version available as far as I can tell.
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Don't let the flamers get you down, they're just fanboys who load their Macs with so much extraneous shareware they need a 8 core Mac Pro just to browse the web.
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Am I the only one with this issue? I would contact the developer, but he has stated v2.x is no longer supported.
Suggestions?
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please always send problem reports to me by email (too) since i don't usually monitor various sites (like macupdate) for problem reports.
SMARTReporter's frequent accessing the computer for current SMART status causes frequent bright white flashes during DVD playback.
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Earlier SMARTReporter was okay with earlier Mac Software.
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