Tech riderRev. 11 Oct 2026
SMART Utility
- 1Runs onMac
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3SMART monitoringYes
- 4Failure warningsYes
- 5Remote monitoringNo
- 6Supported platformsmacOS
6 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: volitans-software.com
Overview
SMART Utility is ranked #21 of 30 in disk health monitoring software on Specifiction. It runs on macOS. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.
SMART Utility plans and pricing
All plansCompared on disk health monitoring software
- Free plan
- Novolitans-software.com
- SMART monitoring
- Yesvolitans-software.com
- Failure warnings
- Yesvolitans-software.com
- Remote monitoring
- Novolitans-software.com
- Supported platforms
- macOSvolitans-software.com
Facts
- Purpose
- SMART Utility reads and displays hard drive SMART attributes and can run a drive’s built-in self-test.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Early warning
- Its internal algorithm analyzes drive attributes to detect potential failure before the drive’s overall SMART status indicates failure.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Drive support
- The app supports HDDs and SSDs, and has limited support for external drives.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Drive details
- It displays drive model, capacity, power-on hours, temperature, bad-sector counts, error counts, and error types.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- It supports Growl notifications when installed and email notifications when configured.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- It supports background scanning and can show drive information in the menu bar.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Reports
- Users can log drive information, save reports for later viewing, and print reports.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- RAID support
- It supports scanning OS X software RAID drives and drives in many RAID enclosures and cards.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- External drive limit
- Some external drives require the optional SAT SMART driver, and some enclosures do not expose the commands needed to read SMART data.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Underlying technology
- SMART Utility parses output from the open-source smartmontools package, which performs the SMART attribute scanning.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers support by email or Twitter and provides a SMART Utility FAQ.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The product page lists support for OS X 10.9 through 10.15, while its current download link is labeled for versions 10.9 to 26.0.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- False positives
- The maker says its failing-drive algorithm is usually accurate but can sometimes produce false positives.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Company
- Volitans Software was founded by Matthew J. Butch on February 22, 2007, and operates from Pennsylvania.volitans-software.com · 11 Oct 2026
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Sources
- volitans-software.com/apps/smart-utility/· checked 11 Oct 2026
- volitans-software.com/support/smart-utility-faq/· checked 11 Oct 2026
- volitans-software.com/support/· checked 11 Oct 2026
- volitans-software.com/about/· checked 11 Oct 2026