Release Notes
- 1.12.1 (760) Maintenance release, macOS Sonoma Ready2023-09-25
- Added macOS 14 Sonoma ready,
- Fixed crash on old macOS’s (10.9-10.13) when sending email reports via SMTP,
- Fixed sending email reports via Apple Mail on initial install on macOS 11+ (request access to Apple Mail from the user),
- Fixed driver installer now doesn’t require Rosetta 2,
- Improved drive diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Improved support of Patriot P200 SSDs,
- Updated drive health change notification thresholds (now less “aggressive”),
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.12.0 (750) Native Apple Silicon support & fixes2023-06-08
- 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,
- Improved drive diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Added support of WD Blue SA510 SSDs,
- Added support for recent models of WD Green Series SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston DC600 SSDs,
- Improved support of Kingston DC500 SSDs,
- Improved support of SanDisk Plus SSDs,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.11.0 (730) Improvements & Fixes2021-06-17
- Removed support of 32-bit Macs,
- Fixed crash duriing drive long self-test on some Macs,
- Fixed app menubar initially freezes in macOS 11 Big Sur,
- Fixed duplicated/ghost drives in the UI if the app measurement results DB has lost its integrity (damaged),
- Added SAT SMART Driver fully compatible with Apple Silicon,
- Added more user hints for different SAT driver installation troubleshooting cases,
- Impoved app UI style for macOS 11 Big Sur,
- Improved drive diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Impoved diagnosing NVMe SSDs in edge case scenarios,
- Changed now by default reports data size in units based on powers of 10 instead of 2 (ie 1K = 1000 instead of 1K = 1024), can be changed via the menu “Help > Developer”,
- Added support of Kingston A400 M.2 SSDs,
- Improved support of Kingston A400 SATA SSDs,
- Improved descripton of next NVMe health indicators: “Power On Hours”, “Life Percentage Used”, “Data Units Written”, “Data Units Read” and “Unsafe Shutdowns”,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.10.1 (701) Hardened Runtime Tweaks & Fixes2020-11-05
- Fixed DriveDx do not show external drives on Macs with an outdated version of SAT SMART driver,
- Fixed crash on Macs with Growl Notification System (http://growl.info/) installed as a standalone app/service,
- Fixed app does not reopen the previously closed main window on click on the app icon in the dock,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.10.0 (700) Hardened Runtime & Other Improvements2020-10-30
- Added DriveDx rebuilt with new Apple’s hardened (secure) runtime,
- Added DriveDx is notarized by Apple with hardened (secure) runtime requirements,
- Retained compatibility with macOS Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (it was not easy, it requires more and more effort, but classics worth it),
- Added drive status tooltips in the left sidebar,
- Added keyboard navigation in the left sidebar,
- Improved drive grouping and ordering logic (useful for Macs with 10+ connected drives),
- Improved drive diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Fixed “bare LF” symbols in automatic email reports,
- Added support of Kingston KC600 SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk Extreme Portable SSDs,
- Improved support of recent firmware versions of SanDisk PLUS SSDs,
- Improved support of recent firmware versions of SanDisk X300 SSDs,
- Added support of OWC Neptune 6G SSDs,
- Improved support of recent firmware versions of OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSDs,
- Improved support of recent firmware versions of OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5200 MAX SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5210 ION Enterprise SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5300 MAX SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5300 PRO SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend 110S NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend 220S NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend JetDrive 850 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend 360S SSDs,
- Added support of Pioneer SL3N SSDs,
- Added support of Pioneer SL2 SSDs,
- Added support of Palit PSP-series SSDs,
- Added support of Palit PH-series SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer AS220 Panther SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer AS330 Panther SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer AS350 Panther SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer AS510S ProII SSDs,
- Improved support of recent firmware versions of Apacer AS340 SSDs,
- Added support of PNY CS900 SSDs,
- Added support of Patriot P200 SSDs,
- Added support of Patriot Burst SSDs,
- Added support of Patriot Spark SSDs,
- Added support of Patriot Ignite SSDs,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.9.1 (670) Tweaks & fixes2019-12-24
- Fixed crash on some MacPro’s with dozens connected drives,
- Added option to ignore all raw value changes of specific health indicator (no health alerts),
- Improved support of WD Blue 3D SSDs – implemented workaround for SSD firmware bug,
- Improved support of recent editions of OWC Mercury Extreme 6G SSDs,
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.9.0 (650) Supported 60+ new SSD models & Diagnostics Improvements2019-12-01
- Improved MBR volumes/partitions detection for disk free space monitoring,
- Improved now automatically adds drive model name to text report file name,
- Added UI tweaks and fixes,
- Improved support of recent OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD models,
- Added support of recent Apple SSDs
- Added support of Seagate Fast SSDs,
- Added support of Seagate BarraCuda SSDs,
- Added support of Seagate Nytro SATA SSDs
- Added support of Seagate IronWolf 110 SATA SSDs,
- Improved support of Samsung 810 Series SSDs,
- Improved support of Samsung 830 Series SSDs,
- Improved support of Samsung SM841/PM841 Series SSDs,
- Improved support of Samsung SM851/PM851 Series SSDs,
- Improved support of Samsung SM871/PM871 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston DC400 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston DC500 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston HyperX Fury SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston Q500 SSDs,
- Improved support of Kingston SSD Now UV400 SSDs,
- Improved support of Kingston SSD Now UV500 SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix Enterprise PE4011 SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix SL308 SSDs,
- Added support of Sk hynix SC210 SSDs,
- Added support of Intel Pro 1500 SSDs,
- Added support of Intel 545 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel DC S3110 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel S3520 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel S4510/S4610/S4500/S4600 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Dell Certified Intel S3520 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Dell Certified Intel S4x00/D3-S4x10 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Silicon Motion OEM SSDs,
- Added support of Phison-based OEM SSDs,
- Improved support of SanDisk X300 SSDs,
- Improved recognition of SanDisk X400 SSDs,
- Improved recognition of SanDisk X100 SSDs,
- Improved recognition of SanDisk X110 SSDs,
- Improved recognition of SanDisk Z400 SSDs,
- Improved recognition of SanDisk U100 SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk Ultra SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk Ultra 3D SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk X600 SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk Plus SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend MTS430 SSDs,
- Improved support of LITE-ON CV1 SSDs,
- Improved support of LITE-ON CV3 SSDs,
- Added support of LITE-ON CV4 SSDs,
- Improved support of LITE-ON CV5 SSDs,
- Added support of LITE-ON CV8 SSDs,
- Added support of LITE-ON IT L8T SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer AS340 SSDs,
- Added support of Apacer SDM5/5A/5A-M Series SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA Premier Pro SP310 SSDs,
- Added support of DREVO X1 SSDs,
- Added support of DREVO X1 Pro SSDs,
- Added support of SuperMicro SSDs,
- Added support of Silicon Power 2280 M55 SSDs,
- Added support of Team Group L5Lite 3D SSDs,
- Added support of Team Group MS30 M.2 SSDs,
- Added support of EDGE Memory eMerge 3D-V SSDs,
- Added support of EDGE Memory diskGO Sonic SSDs,
- Added support of EDGE Memory SE847/SE847-V SSDs,
- Added support of EDGE Memory E3/E3-V SSDs,
- Added support of KingSpec T60 SSDs,
- Added support of KingSpec KSD-series SSDs,
- Added support of Goodram CX400 SSDs,
- Added support of Goodram Iridium SSDs,
- Added support of Goodram Iridium Pro SSDs,
- Added support of KingFast F6M SSDs,
- Added support of Intenso SSDs,
- Added support of Zheino M3 SSDs,
- Added support of Ceroz M305 SSDs,
- Added support of J&A LEVEN JS500 SSDs,
- Added support of KingDian S280/S400 SSDs,
- Added support of Ramsta S800 SSDs,
- Added support of TC-Sunbow M3 SSDs,
- Added support of MX-DS FUSION SSDs,
All diagnostic algorithms have updated and improved 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.
- 1.8.3 (615) macOS Catalina 10.15 ready2019-09-16
- Added app notarized for macOS 10.15 Catalina,
- Added SAT SMART Driver notarized and compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina,
- Added SAT SMART Driver installation tips for Macs with T2 security chip,
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.8.2 (610) Tweaks & fixes2018-12-03
- 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,
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.8.1 (605) Improvements & fixes2018-07-10
- Fixed crash when sending email via some SMTP servers (like “smtp.outlook.com”) and port 587 when “Use encryption (SSL/TLS)” option is off,
- Added support of more detailed error messages from SMTP servers,
- Improved support of “macOS Purgeable Space” for Disk Free Space Monitoring on High Sierra (10.13),
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.8.0 (600) Support of 110 new SSD models & Improvements2018-06-05
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Improved drive temperature monitoring,
- Improved description of many health indicators (S.M.A.R.T. attributes),
- Improved support of recent Apple SSDs,
- Improved support of recent OWC SSDs,
- Improved support of recent Seagate HDDs,
- Added support of 110 new SSD models:
- Added support of support of Crucial MX500 SSDs,
- Added support of Crucial/Micron BX300 SSDs,
- Added support of Micron M500IT SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5200 ECO SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5200 PRO SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 5100 ECO/PRO/MAX SSDs,
- Improved support of Crucial MX300/MX400 SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung Portable SSD T1/T3/T5 SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung 950 Evo/Pro NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung 960 Evo/Pro NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung SM951 Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung PM961 Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung SM961 Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung PM961 Series OEM SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk X400 SSDs,
- Added support of SanDisk X600 SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba A100 SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba/OCZ TL100 SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba/OCZ TR200 SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba HG6-series SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba HG3 series SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba HK4R SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba Q200 EX series SSDs,
- Improved support of Toshiba Q300 SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba HG5 and HG5 SED Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba HG3 Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba RD400 NVMe SSDs,
- Improved support of Toshiba HG5d Series SSD,
- Added support of Toshiba CFD MG3V series SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba CFD MG1Q series SSDs,
- Added support of Toshiba SSDN-STH series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel 540 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel 3710 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel SSD Pro 5400s Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel SSD 600p SSDs,
- Added support of Intel SSD 750 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel Optane SSD 900P Series SSDs,
- Added support of Intel Intel SSD E 6000p Series SSDs,
- Added support of Plextor M6 Series SSDs,
- Added support of Plextor M8Pe(Y) NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Plextor M8PeGN NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Corsair Neutron XT SSDs,
- Added support of Corsair Neutron XTi SSDs,
- Added support of Corsair Neutron SSDs,
- Added support of Corsair Force MP500 Series NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix SL300/301 SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix SC210/215/300/308/311/313 SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix SH910/920 SSDs,
- Added support of SK hynix PC300 NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of WD Black NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of WD Blue PC SSDs,
- Added support of WD Blue 3D NAND SSDs,
- Added support of WD Green SSDs,
- Added support of Seagate Nytro XF1230 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston A400 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow V+180 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow V+200 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow V200 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow UV400 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow UV500 SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston KC1000 NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend StoreJet 300 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend StoreJet 500 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend StoreJet 600 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend ESD400 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend SSD220 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend SSD230 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend PSD330 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend MSA630 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend MTS400 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend MTS420 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend MTS800 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend JetDrive 820/825 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend SSD360 SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend SSD420K SSDs,
- Added support of Transcend CFX500 CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Transcend CFX600 CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Transcend CFX650 CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Transcend CFX520I CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Transcend CFX700 CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Transcend CFX700I CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX7000 NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX8000 NVMe SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX300 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX900 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX910 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX930 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX950 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA Ultimate SU650 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA Ultimate SU700 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA Ultimate SU800 SSDs,
- Added support of ADATA Ultimate SU900 SSDs,
- Added support of Lite-On Zeta SSDs,
- Added support of Lite-On MU3 ROCK SSDs,
- Added support of Lite-On CV1 SSDs,
- Added support of Lite-On CV3 SSDs,
- Added support of Lite-On CV5 SSDs,
- Added support of AMD Radeon SSDs,
- Added support of Lexar SFF-series SSDs,
- Added support of Lexar CFast 2.0 Cards,
- Added support of Smartbuy SSDs,
- Added support of RED T2/V1/V3/V5-series SSDs,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.7.0 (570) Improvements & tweaks2017-12-06
- Fixed crash when user clicks on notification on High Sierra (10.13),
- Added support of macOS Notification Center on macOS 10.12+,
- Added support of periodic email reports at a user-specified time,
- Added posibilty of HDD self-test cancelation,
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics,
- Improved drive temperature evaluation,
- Improved support of recent Apple SSDs,
- Improved support of SanDisk Plus SSDs,
- Improved support of recent LaCie HDDs,
- Improved support of recent Seagate HDDs,
- Added animation of diagnostic UI,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.6.0 (555) Big Improvements & tweaks2017-08-04
- Improved compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13),
- Added clipboard support, user can copy (right mouse click) drive general info fields (serial number, model, size, volume names, etc),
- Added support of MacBook Pro 2016-2017, iMac 2017 SSDs,
- Improved support of Apple (Toshiba-based/JMF61x) SSDs,
- Improved drive temperature evaluation,
- Improved support of Crucial M4 SSDs,
- Added support of Micron RealSSD P300 SSDs,
- Added support of Micron RealSSD P400e Enterprise SSDs,
- Added support of Micron 1100 Client SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung SSD 750 EVO SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung PM863 SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung SM863 SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung PM871/a SSDs,
- Added support of Samsung SM951 SSDs,
- Added support of Seagate HP OEM Constellation (ES/ES.2/ES.3) HDDs,
- Added support of Seagate HP OEM Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDDs,
- Added support of HP Enterprise (Intel-based) SSDs,
- Added support of Kingston HyperX Predator SSDs,
- Added support of Innodisk 3ME2 and 3MG2 SSDs,
- Added support of Innodisk 1ME3 and 3SE SSDs,
- Improved support of Intel 311/313 Series SSDs,
- Improved support of Intel 520 Series SSDs,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.5.1 (530) Fixes & tweaks2016-12-17
- Fixed crash on some MacPros with many drives,
- Improved support of SandDisk Ultra II SSDs,
- Added minor tweaks and fixes.
- 1.5.0 (526) Improvements and support of new SSDs and HDDs2016-12-07
- Improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics
- Improved support of macOS Sierra
- Added updates over HTTPS
- Improved report sending via Apple Mail.app
- Tweaked free disk space reporting settings, now external drives are not included by default
- Added many stability improvements
- Added many cosmetics tweaks and fixes
- Improved support of recent Seagate HDDs
- Improved support of recent WD (Western Digital) HDDs
- Added support of Micron M510DC Enterprise SSDs
- Added support of Crucial BX200 SSDs
- Added support of Crucial MX300 SSDs
- Added support of Toshiba Q300 SSDs
- Added support of Toshiba Q300 Pro SSDs
- Added support of Toshiba VT180 SSDs
- Added support of SanDisk SSD Plus SSDs
- Added support of SanDisk Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 Memory Cards
- Added support of SanDisk Z400 SSDs
- Added support of SanDisk Ultra II SSDs
- Added support of Corsair Extreme SSDs
- Added support of Corsair Force LX SSDs
- Added support of Corsair Voyager GTX SSDs
- Added support of OCZ TRION150 SSDs
- Added support of Intel 530 Series SSDs
- Added support of Intel 535 Series SSDs
- Added support of Intel Pro 2500 SSDs
- Added support of Intel DC 3510 SSDs
- Added support of Intel DC 3610 SSDs
- Added support of VeloDrive R (PCIe) SSDs
- Added support of XceedIOPS 1F SSDs
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow KC310 SSDs
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow KC400 SSDs
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow UV300 SSDs
- Added support of Kingston HyperX Savage SSDs
- Added support of Kingston HyperX FURY SSDs
- Added support of Transcend JetDrive 420 SSDs
- Added support of Transcend MTS800 M.2 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA Premier SP550 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA XPG SX900 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA Premier Pro SP900 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA S511 SSDs
- Added support of Innodisk 3ME SSDs
- Added support of Innodisk 3IE2/3MG2/3SE2-P SSDs
- Added support of Innodisk 3IE3/3ME3 SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Ventura Ultra USB 3.0 SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Atom USB 3.0 SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos MX SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos Deluxe SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos G2 SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos GO SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Striker SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Reactor SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Triactor SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin ECO3 SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin ProSpec SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Catalyst Cache SSDs
- Added support of SiliconMotion SM2246XT SSDs
- Added support of PNY CS1211 SSDs
- Added support of PNY CS2111 XLR8 SSDs
- Added support of PNY CS1111 SSDs
- Added support of PNY CS1311 SSDs
- Added support of PNY CS2211 XLR8 SSDs
- Added support of Wintec JM612 ExpressCards
- Added support of KingSpec SATA DOM SSDs
- Improved support of OWC Aura SSDs
- Improved support of OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSDs
- Improved support of Transcend SSD370 SSDs
- Improved support of Phison based SSDs
- Improved support of Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 based SSDs
- 1.4.2 (500) New SSDs and HDDs support, Improvements and Fixes2015-12-09
- Improved improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics
- Improved support of most recent Western Digital HDDs
- Improved support of Crucial BX100 SSDs
- Improved support of Crucial V4 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Trion 100 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Intrepid 3700 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Vector 150 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Vector 180 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Vector 450 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Vector 460/A SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Saber 1000 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Radeon R7 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Arc 100 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Revodrive 350 SSDs
- Improved support of OCZ Z-Drive 4500 SSDs
- Improved support of ADATA Premier Pro SP920 SSDs
- Improved support of ADATA Premier SP610 SSDs
- Improved support of Transcend JetDrive 500 SSDs
- Improved support of Transcend JetDrive 520 SSDs
- Improved support of Transcend JetDrive 720 SSDs
- Improved support of Transcend JetDrive 725 SSDs
- Added many stability improvements
- Added many cosmetics tweaks and fixes
- 1.4.1 (490) OS X 10.11 El Capitan support & Fixes2015-10-07
- Added better support of OS X El Capitan (10.11)
- Added support of external drives (diagnostic) on OS X El Capitan (10.11). Learn more
- Improved support of recent SSDs and HDDs
- Added many many stability improvements
- Added many cosmetics tweaks and fixes
- Fixed system freeze/hangup on some Macs
- 1.4.0 (484) Big bunch of improvements & Fixes2015-06-15
- Added support of Yosemite (OS X 10.10) dark UI mode
- Added more “flat” UI on Yosemite (OS X 10.10)
- Added health indicator raw value extended info tips: last modified time, value delta, status, recommendations, etc. (Mouse hover or click on raw value.)
- Added Device Statistics tab for drives that support it
- Added – user now can manually turn off automatic “health rating” monitoring of any S.M.A.R.T. attribute (health indicator), this will also excludes this S.M.A.R.T. attribute from drive’s overall health/performance/lifetime rating evaluation. Just click on health indicator’s “progress bar” for settings
- Added – user now can manually turn off S.M.A.R.T. attribute (health indicator) current raw value alert
- Improved – more “aggressive”/strict diagnostic config for SSD flash write/erase errors and bad blocks
- Improved support of recent SSDs and HDDs
- Improved handling of “CRC Error Count” health indicator, DriveDx can automatically suppress previous warning if error count is not changing for a few days
- Improved improved diagnostic algorithms and heuristics
- Improved – added many stability improvements
- Improved – added many cosmetics tweaks and fixes
- Fixed email report settings bug when DriveDx treated some complex but valid email address as not valid
- 1.3.0 (444) Important improvements & Fixes2014-04-24
- Added Diagnostic Knowledge Base online auto-updating (optional, recommended)
- Fixed UI font glitch in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
- Fixed issue with inactive menubar on app start in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
- Fixed issue with incorrect “overheating time” reports
- Improved support of Seagate HDDs
- Improved support of Seagate (Samsung-based) SpinPoint HDDs
- Improved drive self-test handling
- Improved – drive long self-tests now more “resistant” to interruption from system energy saver
- Improved drive health diagnostic algorithms
- Improved health indicator (SMART attribute) descriptions and hints
- Improved support of Samsung EVO 840 SSDs
- Added support of Intel 525 Series SSDs
- Added support of Intel 730 Series SSDs
- Added support of Crucial M550 SSDs
- Added support of Toshiba HG5d Series SSDs
- Added support of OCZ Vector 150 SSDs
- Added support of OCZ Vertex 460 SSDs
- Added support of OCZ Intrepid 3000 Enterprise SSDs
- Improved – added many stability improvements
- Improved – added many cosmetic tweaks and fixes
- 1.2.0 (420) Improvements & Support of new SSD models2013-12-01
- Improved SSD/HDD diagnostic
- Added support of SanDisk Ultra Plus SSDs
- Added support of SanDisk Extreme II SSDs
- Added support of Apacer SDM4 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA Premier SP800 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA Premier Pro SP600 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA Premier Pro SP900 SSDs
- Added support of Kingston KC300 SSDNow SSDs
- Added support of Kingston V200 SSDs
- Added support of Intel 335 Series SSDs
- Added support of Intel DC S3500 SSDs
- Added support of Micron RealSSD P400 SSDs
- Added support of Plextor M5 (Pro) Series SSDs
- Added support of OCZ Vertex 450 SSDs
- Added support of new Transcend CompactFlash Card models
- Improved support of Crucial M500 SSDs
- Improved support of Intel 320 Series SSDs
- Improved support of Intel 520 Series SSDs
- Fixed app now more correctly detects if it is running from a USB stick
- Fixed lots of small fixes and tweaks
- 1.1.0 (403) Big update2013-06-29
- Added interactive help hints for for all drive health indicators (SMART attributes) and drive key (overall) health metrics. Mouse over or click on any health indicator or any drive overall health metric
- Improved diagnostic perofmance (DriveDx now performs diagnostics of multiple drives parallel/simultaneously)
- Improved drive health diagnostics rules, algorithms and heuristics
- Added I/O errors monitoring
- Added “Diagnosis” feature – special report with detailed description of founded issues and recommendations for user. “Diagnosis” button is available only if worthy of user attention issues are found
- Added drive free space monitoring (optional, turned off by default. Right click on drive item – Free Space Check Settings…)
- Added support of Intel 313 Series SSDs
- Added support of Kingston SSDNow V200 Series SSDs
- Added support of Crucial M500 Series SSDs
- Added support of Samsung SM843T Series SSDs
- Added support of InnoDisk InnoLite SATADOM D150QV-L SSDs
- Improved support of Intel 330 Series SSDs
- Improved support of OWC SSDs
- Improved support of Apple (Seagate-based) HDDs
- Added new section “Current Power Cycle Statistics” to the textual drive health report (“Save Report”, email report)
- Added lots of cosmetic tweaks, improvements and fixes
- Fixed app could display wrong volumes for the drive (on Macs with 10+ drives)
- 1.0.7 (394) Portable mode fixes & tweaks2013-03-23
- Fixed – app doesn’t switch into portable (DriveDx to Go) mode on some USB sticks
- Improved – (in portable mode) app now places its internal data folder in the same subfolder as app bundle
- Fixed Device Statistics pages related issues, improved stability
- 1.0.6 (390) Improvements & New SSD models support2013-03-17
- Improved drive health diagnostic algorithms
- Added driver for external USB/FireWire drive health diagnostic support, now it comes with the application
- Improved detection of drive volumes in SoftRAID, Apple Fusion and FileValult 2 configurations
- Improved support of SandForce-based SSDs
- Added support of new Kingston SSDs
- Added support of OCZ VERTEX PLUS* SSDs
- Added support of Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series
- Added support of newest Intel 320 Series SSDs
- Added support of newest Intel 520 Series SSDs
- Added support of newest Corsair Force 3 SSDs
- Added support of ADATA SSD S396
- Added support of SuperSSpeed S301 SSDs
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems XceedSTOR SSDs
- Added support of Mushkin Chronos SSDs
- Improved – now could show more than 3 drives in menu bar drop down (if fit to screen)
- Improved support of Indilinx Barefoot 2/3 based SSDs
- Improved support of Apple (Seagate based) HDDs
- Fixed crash on some rare Mac hardware configurations
- 1.0.5 (381) Tweaks & Fixes2013-01-14
- Fixed app sometimes may hung up when SoftRAID is connected via Thunderbolt.
- Improved support of Samsung SSD 830 Series.
- Added Time of the last health check to the status item menu (in menu bar).
- Improved “Device Capabilities” section in Drive Health Dashboard.
- Improved format of textual reports (“Save Report…”), added additional useful info fields, some fields are re-grouped for better user perception.
- Improved format of email messages, added fields, information partially regrouped for better visual perception.
- 1.0.4 (375) Improvements & Fixes2012-12-15
- Fixed DriveDx drive self-test completion result email missing full report file (this bug was introduced in v1.0.3).
- Added option to send periodic health status reports (DriveDx could send status report every 1 – 48 hours).
- Added support of ‘DriveDx to Go’ – special portable mode of DriveDx to run from USB Flash Drives. Perfect for IT-consultants to check drives on the client-owned Mac. You need ‘Consultant License’ to unlock “DriveDx to Go” mode.
- Tweaked drive diagnostics algorithms according to recent feedback.
- 1.0.3 (371) Improvements & Fixes2012-11-27
- Fixed (direct) email report sending via SMTPS (port 465 with SSL).
- Fixed SoftRAIDs support. DriveDx now correctly detects all drives inside SoftRAID.
- Improved drives detection on some Macs.
- Improved support of Apple/Samsung based SSDs.
- Updated drive health diagnostics algorithms.
- Updated drive diagnostics expert system and internal knowledge base.
- 1.0.2 (368) Big bunch of improvements & Fixes2012-11-21
- Fixed direct email sending via some SMTP mail servers. Email sending code was fully rewritten from scratch. Now even able to send email via smtp.gmail.com server.
- Fixed email sending via Apple Mail app in case if user have multiple accounts. Now sending email from not random but user specified account.
- Renamed email sending modes/options.
- Added new app license type – Consultant License.
- Added info about drive SATA interface version and its throughput speed in Drive Dashboard (Device Capabilities section) and Dx Reports.
- Added support of Corsair CSSD-F115GB2-A/2.1a SSDs (SandForce based).
- Added support of SanDisk Extreme SSDs (SandForce (SF-2281) based).
- Added support of OCZ-PETROL/3.12 SSDs (Indilinx Everest/Martini based).
- Added support of OCZ-VERTEX4/1.5 SSDs (Indilinx Everest/Martini based).
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems Xcel-10 SSDs.
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems XceedSecure2 SSDs.
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems XceedUltraX/Adtron A25FBX SSDs.
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems Adtron A25FB 2xN SSDs.
- Added support of Smart Storage Systems Adtron A25FB 3xN SSDs.
- Added support of STEC Mach2 CompactFlash Cards.
- Added (hidden) option to include advanced ‘Device Identify Data’ section into Dx Reports.
- Added (hidden) option to include extended debug info into email reports.
- Added (hidden) option to use different SMTP server login authentication methods: CRAM_MD5, CRAM_SHA1, LOGIN, PLAIN. Default: LOGIN.
- 1.0.1 (364) Release 1.02012-11-17
- Added option in app preferences to send email report on drive self-test completion.
- Improved email notifications on drive self-test completion. Delay before sending was significantly decreased.
- 1.0.0 (363) Release Candidate 32012-09-11
- Added email notifications on drive self-test completion.
- Changed menu ‘Options’. It is renamed to ‘Actions’.
- Fixed app auto updater.
- 1.0.0 (362) Release Candidate 22012-08-10
- Added status (menu bar) black&white icon, it is now default icon. Could be changed to previous one ‘colorful’ icon in app prefs.
- Added support of Intel SSD 330 Series.
- Added ‘Show Logs Folder’ menu command (inside ‘Help’ menu).
- Fixed status icon for Retina displays.
- 1.0.0 (360) Release Candidate 12012-07-15
- Added option to “Launch at Login”. In this case app launches with hidden UI.
- Added option to show app icon in menu bar only and launch with fully hidden UI.
- Added command “Check Drive Health” in dock icon menu.
- Added retina displays support.
- Improved menu/status bar icon and its menu.
- Added help button for drive self-tests.
- Changed – close of the main window doesn’t quit app from now.
- 1.0.0 (349) Public Beta 22012-06-01
- Added support of the most recent SSD models: G.SKILL Phoenix Pro, Intel 520 Series SSDs, Smart Storage Systems XceedSTOR, XceedIOPS2, Xcel-200.
- Impoved drive health diagnostics reports by email.
- 0.9.5 (348) Public Beta 12012-05-01
- Added support of external drives connected via USB/FireWire. Require installation of the 3rd party kernel extension.
- 0.9.1 (347) Private Beta 22012-04-10
- Added ability to send diagnostics reports to (multiple) email addresses. This is highly customizable feature – you could tune up report sending conditions depending on the status of many drive health indicators.
- 0.9.0 (346) Private Beta 12012-02-20
- Added Special UI for handling drives with known “problematic/buggy” firmware (like SAMSUNG HD155UI,HD204UI drives, Seagate Momentus XT drives). From now DiskRadar can recommend user to update drive firmware and (for some models) will block drive diagnostics until user will confirm that firmware was patched
- Added state persistence for drive health dashboard sections (collapsed/expanded)
- Added support of the most recent SSD models: ADATA S510, Toshiba THNSNC128GMLJ, SAMSUNG 830 Series, Corsair Force GT, Corsair Nova
- Added drive self-test log support in drive health report (‘Save Report to File’)