GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from the smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from the smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
To install gsmartcontrol, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install gsmartcontrol
To see what files were installed by gsmartcontrol, run:
port contents gsmartcontrol
To later upgrade gsmartcontrol, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade gsmartcontrol
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