DriveDX1.12.1

DriveDX monitors SSD and HDD health on a Mac and warns about signs that a drive may fail, helping users protect important data, music, and photographs from unexpected loss and downtime. It performs S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics and tracks more indicators of impending failure than other drive-health products for both storage types. The utility can quickly point out when a drive is faulty and give users time to copy critical data before failure occurs.

Its analysis applies different heuristic algorithms according to the drive model and, in some cases, its firmware version. For solid-state drives, DriveDX also shows an estimate of the remaining SSD lifetime, giving wear information beyond a simple healthy-or-failing status. Monitoring can be performed without continuous physical access to the particular computer, which suits server rooms, data centers, and other managed environments.

DriveDX is aimed at Mac users who want advance warning of storage problems on personal computers, workstations, or servers. It is useful for checking a drive’s condition during routine maintenance as well as watching for developing faults in systems that must remain available. The current 1.12.1 release is freeware for macOS and supports both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. It is categorized as a System Tools utility.