Latest Release

SMART Utility Release Notes

Version 2.1.2, build 2B069; 12/15/09
Fixed a crash on 10.4 Intel systems with Growl 1.1.6 installed (related to Growl Framework 1.2) Fixed bug where certain drives would only show "calculating…" for short tests Improved Estimated Time Remaining for short tests

Fixed bug where on new installs scans every 50 seconds instead of every hour
Fixed bug where polling preference time shows unknown time
Fixed bug where error window would not open on some drives
Fixed bug where reading health would cause an exception
Fixed bug where outputting debug message would cause crash in self test log
Fixed bug where with French localization where main window and tests window would not localize self test error statuses
Fixed default opening tab for preferences
Fixed a small memory leak
Improved debug log information output
Now Main window saves its position
Updated help with changes to polling as well as two new FAQs
Updated eSellerate embedded engine to 4.0.0.6
Updated Growl framework to 1.2 (which is 10.5 only but should still work for 10.4 Growl installs)

Version 2.1, build 2B045; 09/08/09
Added preference to update drives in the background Added preference to only flag failing test if it is new Added better error handling for problems reading SMART data Added estimated time remaining for a test Fixed a bug with display of reallocated bad sectors on main window Now updates progress bar of SMART data update sheet

Added French localization for help
Now main window refreshes when a test is complete
Now shows serial number when attempting to register again
Now updates registration menu depending on whether application is registered or not
Fixed bug where unregistering would cause application to consider the demo period expired
Fixed some memory leaks
Fixed some incorrect texts in help
Optimized debug log for faster output
Optimized launching code
Serial number is now in a separate file to allow deleting of preferences without losing registration information

Added anonymous system information capturing with Sparkle (with preference to disable)
Added support for French localized self test status (in the Test display window)
Added support for French localized Growl messages
Fixed bug where running tests would sometimes cause a crash
Fixed bug where label in attributes window would not show correct temperature label
Fixed two small memory leaks with tests
Optimized scanning algorithm to improve scanning speeds
Renamed test time ran column to "Power On Hours When Ran" to be more clear about the number means
Re-organized the preferences window to remove duplicate text as well as shrink the window itself
The smartctl binary is now a single file- allowing easier replacement

Added self test count, last test time and status
Added self test window which displays past tests and an interface to run short and long tests
Progress bar updates as test progresses
Does not scan drives if test in progress but drive does not support updating

Added preference to only mark drive as failing if error count increased since last scan
Added preference to only mark drive as failing if bad sector count increased since last scan
Added preference to choose custom failing values for bad sectors and error count (default is 0 and 50 respectively)
Added preference to display temperature in Fahrenheit
Added reset preferences button
Added Growl support, which supports notifications of drive scan complete, drive update complete, drive failing, drive failed, and test complete
Changed drive info button to "More Info" instead of a "Show All" (matches better with the tests button)
Corrected the system requirements alert message
Fixed default column spacing in the attributes window
Fixed bug where in progress self tests would report single digit percents instead of full percents, and without percent sign
Fixed bug where open information windows would not update
Overhauled help system using Omni's Helpify
Rearranged preferences window to better view added preferences
Updated to eSellerate Embedded Engine to version 4.0.0
Updated Sparkle to version 1.5b6
Updated Smart Crash Reports to version 1.5

Welcome to Volitans Software

Welcome to Volitans Software, the makers of SMART Utility.

SMART Utility is an application for Mac OS X that checks the internal diagnostics of hard drives.