About this package

The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.

Installing

To install package click on the smartmontools.pkg icon and follow installation process. Files will be installed to the /usr/local/ directory.

Usage

If you are having trouble understanding the output of smartctl or smartd, please first read the manual pages installed on your system:

  man 8 smartctl
  man 8 smartd
  man 8 update-smart-drivedb
  man 5 smartd.conf

To use smartmontools with USB drives please download and install Max OS X kernel driver for providing access to external drive SMART data. SAT SMART Driver is a free open source project (published under Apple Public Source License) by Jarkko Sonninen. If you are using OS X El Capitan 10.11+ it is recommended to use signed version available from DriveDx web site.

More information could be found on the www.smartmontools.org website.

Uninstalling

If you want to uninstall already installed package run 'sudo smart-pkg-uninstall' in the terminal.