MOOCAN  Hi,

Very essential application. great one.

@dev if you read me ... could you add growl notification ?

Kind Regards  
(Version 2.4.2)

DOM21  I'm reading reviews here that talk about dropping blocks, like "Most just start dropping blocks right and left until the machine doesn't boot." How do you know when your HD is "dropping blocks"-- what does it mean?   
(Version 2.3.9)

AIKOUSHA  SMART isn't prescient. It cannot predict all problems that will cause a hard disc to become unreadable. It's main purpose is to detect hardware faults and issues which can cause and are signs of hardware failure and hardware issues that can cause write and read errors.

For instance (and I have had this happen several times with OSX directly related to Spotlight issues), if your system writes garbage to the boot blocks or partition maps, your hard drive will no longer boot or be recognized by the system, as this isn't a fault of the Hard Drive, there is no way SMART can predict it. However, if sector seeks start taking longer, or blocks start taking repetitive reads to load successfully, SMART will register these.

BTW, if your drive fails due to things like boot block or partition map corruptions, you may want to try the program "Data Rescue" or "Stellar Phoenix," the only two programs that will find and recover the files on drives so afflicted. I reccommend Data Rescue as it is infinitely faster, and tons more reliable.  
(Version 2.3.7)

JACKWEB  Hmm SMART itself may not be reliable but at least if you're getting a more indepth check it might prove to be reliable in the long run.

SMART Utility offers additional functionality, including pre-failure warnings, that SMARTReporter doesn't seem to offer? (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24875/smart-utility)

I'm trying it out, no crashes yet. But not free :(

Though SMART Utility is really a GUI for the open source command line tool 'smartmontools':

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Or SMARTctl which is free, but hasn't been updated in over a year.

(http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23777/smartctl)  
(Version 2.3.7)

SILIZIUM  [Quote] "I agree with the previous poster. SMART itself is unreliable. I have had two disk crashes in 18 months - in both cases data was unrecoverable - couldn't even mount the volume. SMART status stayed green all the way - no warning." [/Quote]

If this is true, It's real flapdoodle to have this program.  
(Version 2.3.7)

EYL  I agree with the previous poster. SMART itself is unreliable. I have had two disk crashes in 18 months - in both cases data was unrecoverable - couldn't even mount the volume. SMART status stayed green all the way - no warning.  
(Version 2.3.7)

MICHELEBETTAZZI  Very useful but italian localisation still sucks...  
(Version 2.3.2)

JAMESKITTY  Seems like the biggest limitation of this program would be the unreliability of SMART itself. Of all the failed drives I've dealt with over the years, only a fraction of them ever failed SMART.

Most just start dropping blocks right and left until the machine doesn't boot anymore.  
(Version 2.2.5)

BDOG  I've always loved this app, thank you. 1 problem; If you select "Don't check disks when on battery power" you will get stuck with the "Looks like your drive config changed, the prefs window will be opened" dialogue next time it launches. Clicking OK dismisses the dialogue but it just keeps appearing over and over.  
(Version 2.2)

THREEDEE912  I've used this app for many months now, and although I haven't experienced any drive failures, it's a nice utility to have. Of course, it can't detect every possible drive failure, but it seems to be working.  
(Version 2.1.5)