macuserguru

Off Topic .... Sorry to write this here, I don't know what else to do! ..... I can't see any activity from Binaryfruit for a while, neither on their homepage...

I use an M1 MacMini with Monterey 12.3.1 - if I let the external TM 2.5" harddisk connected after shutdown & poweroff (disconnect power supply), the S.M.A.R.T. driver works after...

> I don't recall DriveDx ever being available in the Mac App Store, but I purchased my copy many years ago on their site and kept it automatically updated. I...

DriveDX and other similar have no problems to catch the S.M.A.R.T. values of Apples new build in SSD's of the M1 Macs. A benefit of this SSD's - they are...

On which technology runs the external drive? USB3 / USB-C or Thunderbolt? AFAIK Thunderbolt drives don't need S.M.A.R.T. drivers, but I can't test this self. Which manufacturer and model of...

AFAIK - Loading S.M.A.R.T. .kext drivers in boot cycle you must decrease the macOS security. Did you want this?

It's a great pity that this is not being developed further. This would require a team that is also allowed from Apple to sign kext! Or Apple itself would take...

I installed three music player on my Mac. Fidelia, Audirvana Studio, Foobar2000. Fidelia, Audirvana Studio have the pass-through feature too. I think it gives this feature in the macOS soundsystem...

All supported vendors are seen in /Library/Extensions/SATSMARTDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist (show content) I think, new vendors, new hard disk types must be append here, too. SATSMARTDriver is signed, but I don't know if...

More about see smartmontools https://github.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/releases You could install smartmontools (gives an dmg) and update their database too. smartmontools works with SATSMARTDriver from binaryfruit (DriveDX)