Volitans Software

SMART Utility and Sonoma Compatibility

So far under testing SMART Utility is fully compatible with Intel Macs running MacOS 14 Sonoma. This includes the external driver!

However, for M1 & M2 Macs running MacOS 14 Sonoma, it should be compatible but not the external driver

SMART Utility and Ventura Compatibility

SMART Utility is fully compatible with Intel Macs running Mac OS 13 Ventura. This includes the external driver!

However, for M1 & M2 Macs running Mac OS 13 Ventura, it should be compatible but not the external driver

SMART Utility 3.2.7 is Out!

SMART Utility 3.2.7 has been released, which adds full support for Big Sur and Monterey.

NOTE: This is the last free version. Version 4.0 will be out soon, and will be a paid upgrade, unless you purchased after May 1st, 2016 and then it is free.

NOTE: This is the last version for 10.9 (Mavericks) and 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra). Version 4.0 will only support 10.13 (High Sierra) and above.

NOTE: Users on 10.9 (Mavericks) and 10.10 (Yosemite), and 10.11 (El Capitan) will have to download manually due to the certificates on those OS’s being too old

Download for 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina), 11.x (Big Sur), and 12.x (Monterey)

Here’s the full release notes:

  • Enabled notarization
  • Disabled “Buy” options until new purchasing system is ready
  • Fixed a bug where outputting debug messages preferences would not properly change state
  • Fixed a couple interface bugs with the French translation
  • Fixed some formatting issues with Help
  • Updated to Sparkle 1.23

SMART Utility and Monterey Compatibility

SMART Utility is fully compatible with Intel Macs running Monterey. This includes the external driver!

However, for M1 Macs running Monterey, it should be compatible but not the external driver.

Compatibility with Big Sur Update

This information is way later than it should have been!

SMART Utility is fully compatible with Intel Macs running Big Sur. This includes the external driver! It was fully compatible by Beta 10, and the initial release (11.0) was the same.

Both SMART Utility and the external driver were also tested on 11.1, 11.2, and now 11.3, and the compatibility remains. The only issue that arises is on reboot, you may have to unplug and replug in any external drives to get them to show up.

However, for M1 Macs running Big Sur, it should be compatible but not the external driver. We just received our first M1 Mac here (a Mac Mini) so we will be testing soon.

Likely it will require version 4.0 to be native, based on some code we need to update. That should be released soon however!

Compatibility with Big Sur

SEE NEW POST FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

Currently SMART Utility is fully compatible with Mac OS 11.0 Big Sur (Beta 9). That should not change with the release version.

However, the SAT SMART Driver is not compatible. In prior Beta versions it would crash the Mac. However, in Beta 9 that did not happen. Nonetheless, it is still recommended to remove it before upgrading to Big Sur by running these in the Terminal:

    sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/SATSMARTDriver.kext
    sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/SATSMARTLib.plugin

The driver is a third party driver and has not been actively developed in some time. Look for an update here about the future of that driver.

Any questions, please feel free to reach out.

SMART Utility 3.2.6 is Out!

SMART Utility 3.2.6 has been released, which adds full support for Catalina.

NOTE: This is the last free version. Version 4.0 will be out soon, and will be a paid upgrade, unless you purchased after May 1st, 2016 and then it is free.

NOTE: This is the last version for 10.9 (Mavericks) and 10.10 (Yosemite). Version 4.0 will only support 10.11 (El Capitan) and above. 

Download for 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina)

Here’s the full release notes:


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– Enabled notarization

– Disabled “Buy” options until new purchasing system is ready

– Fixed a bug where outputting debug messages preferences would not properly change state

– Fixed a couple interface bugs with the French translation

– Fixed some formatting issues with Help

– Updated to Sparkle 1.23

SMART Utility and Mac OS X Catalina 10.15, Update 2

This is following up on the last post.

Some great news! Made great progress with the external SMART driver. Getting it signed and notarized was a ton of fun.

However, currently the driver doesn’t automatically load, so need to figure that out. Hopefully have a fully 10.15 compatible version out soon!

PS. Once this is done, work will continue on version 4, so new features (and new purchases!) can happen.

SMART Utility and Mac OS X Catalina 10.15, Update

For users who currently have SMART Utility installed before upgrading to 10.15, it will run fine.

For users who are installing SMART Utility for the first time on 10.15, SMART Utility will not run. We are hard at work on a fix, which should be out by the end of the week.