* Displays all supported drives and their partitions * Updated Smart Crash Reports to version 1.5 * Updated eSellerate Embedded Engine to version 4.0.0 * Rearranged preferences window to better view added preferences * Overhauled help system using Omni's Helpify * Fixed bug where open information windows would not update * Fixed bug where in progress self tests would report single digit percents instead of full percents, and without percent sign * Fixed default column spacing in the attributes window * Corrected the system requirements alert message * Changed drive info button to "More Info" instead of a "Show All" (matches better with the tests button) * Added Growl support, which supports notifications of drive scan complete, drive update complete, drive failing, drive failed, and test complete * Added preference to display temperature in Fahrenheit * Added preference to choose custom failing values for bad sectors and error count (default is 0 and 50 respectively) * Added preference to only mark drive as failing if bad sector count increased since last scan * Added preference to only mark drive as failing if error count increased since last scan = Airflow Temperature (ID 190), usually found on Seagate drives * Added preference to ignore failing messages from the following attributes: = Does not scan drives if test in progress but drive does not support updating = Progress bar updates as test progresses = Added self test window which displays past tests and an interface to run short and long tests = Added self test count, last test time and status * Added support for built-in drive self-tests And, while the raw information can be viewed on the command line with smartmontools (which is what SMART Utility is based on), SMART Utility presents it in an easy to read format, as well as running its internal pre-fail algorithm. This pre-fail detection can save precious data before SMART has determined that the drive has failed. SMART Utility not only displays the individual attributes to see their status and information, but it also uses an internal algorithm based on those attributes to detect drives failing before SMART indicates it has failed. SMART Utility is different from other drive utilities, such as Disk Utility, which only read the overall SMART Status. This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive. SMART Utility can read and display these attributes. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is failing. SMART Utility is an application to scan the internal hardware diagnostics system of hard drives SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements (called attributes) of a hard drive's operation. Other smaller features and minor bug fixes are included as well. The new features include the ability to run built-in drive self tests, preferences to only alert new problems, and Growl support. Volitans software has announced SMART Utility 2.0, a major update to the hard drive diagnostic scanning application.
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