DriveDx vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at DriveDx and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
DriveDx
System & Hardware
DriveDx is a utility for Mac that monitors the health of internal and external hard drives and SSDs. It can detect issues before they cause data loss or drive failures.
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smartmontools
System & Hardware
smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.
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