A very good and much needed utility for OS X. The GUI isn't bad, but given the price of this app I expect a bit more polish. For example, clicking on "show all" in the attributes section presents the user with a raw data dump, how about some organization and explanation of the data? How about a toolbar for rescanning drives, running tests, and saving disk information and reports? The testing window is light on info and the "cancel" button is always greyed out.

These shortcomings would be easy to overlook on freeware or even a $10 utility, but for $25 I want a more robust feature set. I want to be convinced that the developer is invested in the app and will continue to improve it.

If SMART Utility matures into a true professional app, then I'll gladly pay $25-$35 for it. Until then, the demo will serve my needs since I'm using it to evaluate used Macs for resale.

For $10, Hardware Monitor reports SMART status, and data from every freakin' hardware sensor on your Mac! Don't fall for this one-trick pony when so much value can be had in the same 5-10 dollar range.

This is a great example of price creep sans mission creep.

FAIL.

The Texas-sized spread of tabs almost made me forget how ugly the app's icon is. Or maybe it was the ugly icon that nearly distracted me from the GUI atrocities. This app works well enough, but it has the mangiest coat I've ever seen.

Bean used to be the most beautiful word processor available for Mac OS X; it struck the perfect balance between a minimalist design and accessable, clearly defined icons and widgets.

Now it's butt-ugly. The toolbar is full of wasted gray area. The icons are ultra-low contrast in a different shade of gray. The ruler icons and widgets are the old legible design, which only serves to make the toolbar look even more pathetic. Then the page has some weird resizing inside the resizable Bean window in what is an extremely confusing and poorly implemented GUI. Bean went from a polished light word processor to something that looks like Cheetah-era abandonware.

I really appreciate the developer donating his time to this freeware app, and I'm sticking with it for now. But please, for the love of all that is pure and beautiful in OS X, FIX THIS AWFUL NEW GUI.

Looks great, but why does the developer have so little confidence in his product? No free trial, no way to test the app before paying for it. Is the developer afraid nobody will buy it once they try it?