CUCHULAINN  Mac Pro, 4 hard drives all less than 6 months old. 3 Seagate / 1 Western Digital.

Smart Utility reports 3 out of 4 hard drives are failing. Guess which 3? Yep, all 3 Seagate drives are failing according to Smart Utility.

I suspect a bug in the algorithm reporting false positives for bad blocks for these drives.

1 Seagate ST31000340AS and 2 X Seagate ST3750640AS if it matters to anyone.

Tech Tools Pro 5.0.4 reports no errors on any drives for SMART check or Surface Scan. SMART reporter also reports no problems.

Hooked them up to a Windows box, SeaTools also finds zero problems.

I give it a 2 overall. Good in concept, poorly implemented.  
(Version 2.0.1)

NEIL_M  This is quite funtional, but I am unsure why it is $20 better than these 2 freeware options;

SMARTreporter (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14825/smartreporter) - sits in the menu, runs in the background, even emails you when a failure is detected.

SMARTctl (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23777/smartctl) - sits in the menu and seems to give all the available SMART info.  
(Version 1.2)

SHMK  This program says by day old drive has all sorts of Old age issues  
(Version 2.0.2)

DUBBELISH  SMART Utility is better than both Disk Utility (which kept telling me my drive was fine even though OS was freezing while performing the scan) and it's also better than SMARTReporter (which is still giving me a positively verified drive sign up in the menu bar). I mean the nice little menu icon is great up there, don't get me wrong. But if the drive is failing and it doesn't tell you then what's the use. SMART Utility opened up and hit it clear as day: FAILING. Thanks for the nice software.  
(Version 2.0)

ERBEY  I bought it but i don't use it any more

i am not sure this soft is really working well  
(Version 1.2.2)

AKROBAT  So, the developer informed me about the Intel bug, fixed it and I've given it another go.

Seems fine. Perhaps it is more efficient than SMART Reporter but that is something that has to be tested on a failing drive with both systems up and running.

I'd buy this IF it was made into a menubar item.

Otherwise I know I'll forget to launch it and I've already far too many windows open and startup items already.

All in all not a bad item, so I'll review my 'review'.  
(Version 1.0.3)

WCITYMIKE  SMARTReporter: free, MacUpdate profile not full of complaints.

SMART Utility: $20, MacUpdate profile *is* full of complaints.

Wonder which way I'll be going.  
(Version 1.0.3)

AKROBAT  Well, I DID try.

Downloaded and opened on my Macbook... crashed.

Opened it again... crashed, and again, crashed, and again... crashed. "It could be my Mac" I thought.

I think I'll try SMART Reporter. Downloaded, opened it and hey! It works. Sooo, it wasn't my Mac and the paid app crashes while the free app works without a hitch. Am I missing something here?  
(Version 1.0.2)

WIZARD2  Based on downloading and testing most recent release -- many of the same criticisms are still valid -- locking up during 'updating SMART status' -- also the false positive for 'bad blocks'.

Even so, I did license a copy. If the developer does finally deliver a solid product, meeting his proposed intentions -- it will be a universally REQUIRED product in this day of mass storage of valuable assets.

I hope that the developer will pay close attention to this feedback -- and respond to the critique in later releases. Having read his technical credentials on his website, he should be able to produce a solid product we can all find beneficial and support.

We hope so  
(Version 1.0)

FELIX01  A limited release which stopped working on June 1, 2007. It's now June 4th and nothing has replaced the version which expired.

Good thing I'm not really depending on this app and the developer. I'll take into consideration when deciding if it's worth a $20 shareware fee.  
(Version 1.0.0B1)