Maxwell is a disk monitoring and reporting tool for Mac OS X. It uses the IOKit SMART api to check your ATA disks for signs of possible future failure. It can run tests on demand, print a report of the disks performance, or simply report a passing/failing status.
Maxwell is a disk monitoring and reporting tool for Mac OS X. It uses the IOKit SMART api to check your ATA disks for signs of possible future failure. It can run tests on demand, print a report of the disks performance, or simply report a passing/failing status.
To install maxwell, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install maxwell
To see what files were installed by maxwell, run:
port contents maxwell
To later upgrade maxwell, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade maxwell
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
The MacPorts Project uses a system called Trac to file tickets to report bugs and enhancement requests.
Though anyone may search Trac for tickets, you must have a GitHub account in order to login to Trac to create tickets.