DriveDx v1.12 is out! Users check for updates. What’s new: added native support for Apple Silicon Macs, removed support of macOS 10.6-10.8, now minimum supported version is macOS 10.9 Mavericks, fixed crash on some Macs on macOS Ventura, added support of WD Blue SA510 SSDs, added support for recent models of WD Green...
Our product DriveDx again mentioned on Mac Geek Gab Podcast, episode 917 – “I’m Pretty Much a Doctor Now?” #917 . Guys talk about DriveDx in the section “01:08:19 David-SSD Lifespan?”. Thanks, Mac Geek Gab team! Update (04/20/2022): Mac Geek Gab is no longer part of The Mac Observer. The...
Our product DriveDx again mentioned on The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab Podcast “Deep Dives into Chargers, Cord-Cutting, Hard Drive Maintenance, and More” #884 . By the way, now you can watch these podcasts on YouTube. Guys talk about DriveDx in the section “JFB-Care and Feeding of Your Hard Drive: DriveDX...
Our product DriveDx again mentioned on The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab Podcast #860 . By the way, now you can watch these podcasts on YouTube. Guys talk about DriveDx and SSDs diagnostics in the section “Bob-Issue with SSD write usage on M1 Macs?” (at 00:44:56) . Be sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel,...
DriveDx v1.10.0 is out! Users check for updates. DriveDx 1.10.0 rebuilt with new Apple’s Hardened (secure) Runtime. And now DriveDx is notarized by Apple with Hardened Runtime requirements. At the same time, we retained compatibility with macOS Snow Leopard 10.6.8, it was not easy, it requires more and more effort, but...
DriveDx v1.9.0 is out! We added support of 60+ new SSD models and improved drive health diagnostics algorithms. Diagnostic algorithms have updated based on real-life feedback analysis from thousands of users over the past few years. Thousands of real disk failures and their degradation history were analyzed. Full change...
DriveDx v1.8.2 is out! Users “check for updates”. What’s new: Fixed Disk Free Space Monitoring on Bootcamp volumes, Improved Disk Free Space Monitoring email reports, Improved detection of drives behind some RAIDs and USB/Thunderbolt HUBs/multiport docks, Full change log (release notes) is here.
According to many reports from DriveDx users and our own investigation – iStat Menus v6.2 breaks S.M.A.R.T. support in macOS for non-NVMe internal drives. Be aware! As a result, DriveDx and any other S.M.A.R.T. monitoring tools are unable to perform diagnostic of internal drives. Note: some users report that previous...
DriveDx v1.8.0 is out! Users “check for updates”. What’s new: Supported more than 100 new SSD models from Apple, Samsung, Micron/Crucial, SanDisk, Toshiba, SK Hynix, Plextor, Corsair, Transcend, Kingston, etc! Improved drive temperature monitoring. To less confuse users by “temperature indicators with failing/failed...
DriveDx v1.7.0 is out! Users “check for updates”. Lots of new features and improvements. This is our special Christmas and New Year Gift to all users of DriveDx! What’s new: Periodic email report at a user-specified time Notifications via macOS Notification Center on macOS 10.12+ Support for new LaCie HDDs Support...