Volitans Software was founded on February 22, 2007, by Matthew J. Butch, to sell SMART Utility. He conceived of the idea of SMART Utility because he wanted a better way to test hard drives in his job as an on-site Macintosh Technician. That was many jobs ago now, as he has moved on to further his career. But Volitans Software is always first in his heart.
The name Volitans comes from the scientific name of the Red Lionfish.
Volitans Software operates out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where Matthew lives with his wife and two sons.
SMART Utility 3.2.2 has been released, which fixes a bunch of small bugs. Most notably the SAT SMART Driver for external drives has been updated to .10, as well as fixed for working on 10.11. Download for 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), and 10.11 (El Capitan). Note that support has been dropped for 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. […]
Continue readingAs some of you may have read, there is a security vulnerability in apps that use the Sparkle app updating framework. However, this only affects apps that use HTTP connections for updating. While SMART Utility does use the Sparkle framework, it uses HTTPS on the backend (as does this site), preventing it from being vulnerable. […]
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