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A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X?

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#63361

From	ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Date	2014-08-18 17:16 -0500
Message-ID	<J8Sdncpn1OzQ5m_OnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to	#63304

> > Aren't there other non-Apple and non-DiskWarrior disk utilities out 
> > there that are free?

> Why bother? If Disk Utility can't fix it, then a quick Erase will wipe
> it clean so you can start fresh (assuming the hard drive hasn't
> physically failed). Then you can restore from backup, if needed.

That was a backup (Time Machine). I had to redo back up as a new full 
one after doing a quick erase. We'll see how this one goes. I know Time 
Machine has been doing almost weekly back ups since mid-2012. So far, no 
repeats...
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#63363

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date	2014-08-19 01:11 +0000
Message-ID	<c5fmheFnn3iU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#63361

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On 2014-08-18, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>
>> Why bother? If Disk Utility can't fix it, then a quick Erase will wipe
>> it clean so you can start fresh (assuming the hard drive hasn't
>> physically failed). Then you can restore from backup, if needed.
>
> That was a backup (Time Machine). I had to redo back up as a new full 
> one after doing a quick erase.

Yep, that's what I've done in the past.

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#63308

From	isw <isw@witzend.com>
Date	2014-08-16 21:41 -0700
Message-ID	<isw-6A08D0.21410916082014@[216.168.3.50]>
In reply to	#63280

In article <160820142029151245%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <lsKdnc8t-dbsbXLOnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I used to use old SMARTreporter in Mac OS X 10.5.8, but it is not 
> > freeware anymore for v3.x. I am trying to find a replacement for Mac OS 
> > X 10.8.5.
> > 
> > Currently, I am trying to figure out if this old external USB2 Seagate 
> > 500 GB HDD is going bad since it failed to mount its MacFS partition 
> > drive (FAT32 partition drive mounted fine). I am currently running Mac 
> > OS X 10.8.5's Disk Utility to repair it, and it is taking forever 
> > (wished it had technical texts or something to tell me what is going 
> > on). That doesn't sound good so far. :(
> 
> unless you need the data, reformat it. 
> 
> if you do need the data, get diskwarrior.
> 
> as for smart, that won't work over usb unless the usb enclosure
> supports it which is not that common and non-standard.

SMARTReporter has a plug-in (OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver, on GitHub) that lets 
it check the status of USB-mounted drives. I'm using it with a cheap 
SATA-USB adapter from eBay.

Ant: I'm running SMARTReporter 2.7.2 on 10.8.2; works fine. 

Isaac

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#63309

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date	2014-08-17 00:47 -0400
Message-ID	<170820140047129868%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to	#63308

In article <isw-6A08D0.21410916082014@[216.168.3.50]>, isw
<isw@witzend.com> wrote:

> > as for smart, that won't work over usb unless the usb enclosure
> > supports it which is not that common and non-standard.
> 
> SMARTReporter has a plug-in (OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver, on GitHub) that lets 
> it check the status of USB-mounted drives. I'm using it with a cheap 
> SATA-USB adapter from eBay.
> 
> Ant: I'm running SMARTReporter 2.7.2 on 10.8.2; works fine. 

<https://github.com/kasbert/OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver>
  The driver requires a SAT (SCSI ATA Translation) capable external
  drive enclosure.

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#63302

From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Date	2014-08-16 20:05 -0700
Message-ID	<NI6dnY9qDNxxhm3OnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to	#63278

Just for kicks, I decided to connect this old USB2 Seagate FreeAgent G 
portable HDD to my Debian/Linux box to run gsmartctl, but it couldn't 
read SMART data with gsmartctl. I tried my very old, updated Windows XP 
Pro SP3 machine and it had no problems with gsmartctl.

I ran its short tests and no problems. I ran its 2.22... hours long 
tests, but it (fail/abort)ed within a few minutes. Maybe I shouldn't be 
multitasking? Can someone please kindly review what the logs say?

smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-5.43-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Device Model:     ST9500325AS
Serial Number:    5VE6....
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01e168ff3
Firmware Version: 0002BSM1
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is:    Sat Aug 16 19:44:58 2014 PDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (  25)	The self-test routine was aborted by
					the host.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					No Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 138) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x103b)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE 
UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   118   099   006    Pre-fail 
Always       -       190207303
   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   099   098   000    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age 
Always       -       325
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   064   060   030    Pre-fail 
Always       -       2635639
   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age 
Always       -       66
  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail 
Always       -       0
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   037   020    Old_age 
Always       -       230
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   062   057   045    Old_age   Always 
       -       38 (Min/Max 32/38)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       9
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       1715
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   038   043   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       38 (0 17 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   047   045   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       190207303
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age 
Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always 
       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%        66 
      -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%        65 
      -
# 3  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%        65 
      -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%        65 
      -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1        0        0  Not_testing
     2        0        0  Not_testing
     3        0        0  Not_testing
     4        0        0  Not_testing
     5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

Thank you in advance. :)
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#63306

From	billy@MIX.COM
Date	2014-08-17 04:24 +0000
Message-ID	<lspaqe$ktq$1@reader2.panix.com>
In reply to	#63302

In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

> Can someone please kindly review what the logs say?

Step number one for this would be posting it without wrapping.

Billy Y..
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#63312

From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Date	2014-08-17 00:38 -0700
Message-ID	<vtmdnYc_ZqVCxm3OnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to	#63306

On 8/16/2014 9:24 PM PT, billy@MIX.COM typed:

>> Can someone please kindly review what the logs say?
>
> Step number one for this would be posting it without wrapping.

It's not wordwrapped for me and using a fixed width font (Courier). 
http://pastie.org/pastes/9480044/text?key=pobkfapngwcv81hrsg6wa if you 
want a web page format.
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