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 3.1 has been released, which brings full support for Mountain Lion. There are also a few new features as well as bug enhancements. Note that this will be the final version that will support 10.5 and 10.6. Download for 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion). and 10.8 (Moutain Lion) Here’s the full release […]
Continue readingI’ll have a detailed post in the next few weeks, but I’ve been running the developer previews and its pretty nice. Also, SMART Utility version 3.1 will be out next Tuesday will full Mountain Lion support. Right now it sort of works- but it doesn’t display the PASSED/FAILING/FAILED text properly and it doesn’t support GateKeeper […]
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