Hard drives die. And when they do, it’s a royal pain in the butt. To make it a little less painful, drive manufacturers have included a self diagnostic utility on modern hard drives. It’s called Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology or SMART. (My, aren’t we clever?) In this post, we’ll go over how to check the status of your hard drive using SMART on OS X.
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