## About this package

The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.

## Installing

To install package click on the smartmontools.pkg icon and follow installation process. Files will be installed to the /usr/local/ directory.

## Usage

If you are having trouble understanding the output of smartctl or smartd, please first read the manual pages installed on your system:

      man 8 smartctl
      man 8 smartd
      man 8 update-smart-drivedb
      man 5 smartd.conf

To use smartmontools with USB drives please download and install Max OS X kernel driver for providing access to external drive SMART data. SAT SMART Driver is a free open source project (published under Apple Public Source License) by Jarkko Sonninen. If you are using OS X El Capitan 10.11+ it is recommended to use signed version available from DriveDx web site.

More information could be found on the www.smartmontools.org website.

## Uninstalling

If you want to uninstall already installed package run `'sudo smart-pkg-uninstall'` in the terminal.