November 21st, 2012· Fix problem where false I/O errors could be reported under Mac OS X 10.8
· Fix problem that nothing would be written to the log-file on the first launch
· Fix problem where I/O errors occurring on Disk Images would be reported
· Fix e-mail problem notification being delayed until the alert notification is dismissed
· Fix support for S.M.A.R.T. checking disks contained in a "SoftRAID"
· Add information about configuration problems to the menu icon tooltip
· Add more reliable email delivery mechanism by sending through our server
· Don't show Dock icon when SMARTReporter is opened in while being "hidden"
· Show helpful dialog when opening the main window during configuration problems
· Fixed German localization (thanks to Julien Dirk)
July 30th, 2012· Fixed the I/O error check to work on Mac OS X "Mountain Lion" 10.8
· Added support for native on-screen notifications in Mac OS X "Mountain Lion" 10.8
· Added Brazilian Portuguese localization (thanks to Victor Figueiredo)
· Added new menubar icon set to better fit with the default Apple icons
· Fixed possible issues related to I/O error checking, notification interval and log-output
· Never activate discrete GPU in hybrid GPU Macs from 2011 or newer
July 4th, 2012· Added the option to purchase outside of the MacAppStore for volume purchase/companies/consultants, etc.
· Improved stability
· Improved the optional disk-space check not to check mounted server volumes
June 12th, 2012· Fixed issue introduced in v3.0.1 that could make SMARTReporter crash or stop working
· Fixed memory leaks and generally improved memory consumption
May 28th, 2012· Fixed problem where not all disks contained in connected R.A.I.D. sets would be S.M.A.R.T.-checked
· Fixed problem SMARTReporter would become unresponsive during automated attribute checks
· Fixed problem where the database would become corrupted and SMARTReporter would refuse to launch
· Improved the optional disk-space check not to check removable volumes (DVD, USB-stick) or special volumes (MobileBackups)
· Improvements for sending emails through Apple Mail
· Added Swedish localization (thanks to Pär Boberg)
· Added French localization (thanks to Ronald A. Leroux)
· Fixed German localization (thanks to Oliver Gumprecht)
· Fixed S.M.A.R.T. attribute display for some disks
· Fixed location of the log-file
· Prevented switch to discrete GPU in hybrid GPU Macs when opening the "Settings" tab
· Updated smartmontools (r3529) to support newer disks
· Use fixed-width font for output of advanced S.M.A.R.T. utilities
· Spelling fixes
May 28th, 2012· REWRITTEN: completely new version of SMARTReporter with major new features
· REDESIGNED: completely overhauled user interface to be more capable and easier to use
· SMARTReporter now automatically detects and warns about configuration problems with the notifications
· Added support for hot-plugged disks, always check all connected disks
· Added a "Status" tab that shows a status summary of all 4 disk checks and notifications
· Added I/O-Error checking for disks that do not support S.M.A.R.T. (e.g. external disks)
· Added option to send an daily status report of all disk checks via email
· Added option to schedule regular short S.M.A.R.T. self-tests
· Added option to schedule regular S.M.A.R.T. parameter checks
· Added option to plot graphs of all collected information (e.g. plot disk temperature over time)
· Added option to display SMARTReporter in the Dock
· Added customized problem notifications (including changing the icon) for I/O-Error and R.A.I.D. problems
· Added an optional check for free disk space
· Added option to specify how often failed checks should trigger the problem notifications
· Added option to customize the text for all problem notifications
· Added integrated log-file viewer
· Added option to exclude disks from I/O-Error checks
· Added "context-sensitive, intelligent" help texts to ease configuration
· Added I/O error checking for non-admin accounts
· Ensured Mac OS X 10.8 compatibility
· The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.6.6
· SMARTReporter 3 is now distributed only through the Mac App Store and costs 4.99$ / 3.99€
December 16th, 2011· Added compatibility with Growl version 1.3
· Added compatibility with Xserve / SAS hardware
· Added 5 new icon-sets (thanks to Pietro Faraone)
· Added placeholder replacement for notification e-mail header
· Updated Swedish localization (thanks to Pär Boberg)
· Updated Japanese localization (thanks to Jumpei Suzuki)
August 30th, 2011· Added display of a "tooltip" with the current status when resting the cursor on the menu-icon
· Added option to check attached Software-RAIDs for being degraded or offline
· Fix another warning message in the logfile (about inability to read from the system-logfile)
· Some smaller changes and fixes
May 3rd, 2011· Another fix for error messages about not being able to open the log file
· Fixed possible crash while sending e-mails
· Added Swedish localization
May 2nd, 2011Fixes for the new I/O error check system:
· Fixed possible crash
· Fixed error messages about not being able to open the log file
· Updated French localization
April 14th, 2011· Completely rewritten the I/O error check option to work great on all systems
· Re-enabled the I/O error check option on Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard)
· Make sure this option is enabled since previous versions might have disabled it
· Completely rewritten logging , unimportant messages aren't written to the system log file
· Attention, the log-file format has changed
· S.M.A.R.T. failures will be "broadcast" to all connected terminal users
· Updated the functionality to check S.M.A.R.T. attributes and perform S.M.A.R.T. self-tests
· Updated smartmontools (r3314) to support newer drives especially on 32bit & PPC
· Added option to perform a "long S.M.A.R.T. self-test"
· Added option to view results of previous self-tests without starting a new self-test
· Various usability improvements to these functions
· Add more details including the serial number to the "disk-failure-notification e-mail"
· Fixed problem where S.M.A.R.T drive failure notifications could be triggered too often
· Updated French localization (thanks to Ronald A. Leroux)
· Improved integration with "VoiceOver"
· Option to donate via "flattr" as well as various sharing/bookmarking links on the website
· Some smaller problems fixed
March 21st, 2011· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Fixed a problem where SMARTReporter could cause Mail.app to forget your Mail server password
· Updated the FAQ
· Some smaller problems fixed
March 14th, 2011· Disabled I/O error checking on Leopard as system bugs may result in crashes
· Inform the user that the I/O error check option needs admin priviledges and don't spam the logfile if this isn't the case
· Enabled keyboard shortcuts in the application
· Updated (the intel version of) the integrated smartmontools to version 5.40
· Fix progress of S.M.A.R.T. self-tests to count forward
· Hidden option to disable the welcome-screen for enterprise-deployments
· Updated Japanese localization (thanks to Jumpei Suzuki)
October 21st, 2010· Fixed a problem where automatic updates would result in a broken installation, necessitating a re-download.
· SMARTReporter's code is now (really really) signed with a digital certificate.
October 16th, 2010· Fixed a problem where e-mail delivery would not work (introduced in v2.5.1)
· Fixed a problem where unchecked drives would still be S.M.A.R.T.-checked at app-start
· SMARTReporter's code is now (really) signed with a digital certificate
October 4th, 2010Fixed two problems related to I/O error checking introduced in 2.5.3:
· Sometimes I/O errors that actually happened some weeks ago were reported as new
· I/O errors occurring on the first 9 days of a month were not detected
· Fixed automatic update-check which would not work automatically in some cases
· Fixed donation option not to send users to a german version of the paypal website
September 20th, 2010· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: finally fixed the I/O error checking option to be high performance and crash-free - if you previously had to disable the option or it turned itself off, you can turn it on again in the preferences
· Fixes for e-mail sending using custom settings (only PLAIN authentication was supported between 2.5.0 and 2.5.2)
· Keychain integration for the e-mail password when using e-mail sending with custom settings
· Fix a problem where sending e-mails could take up to a few minutes
· Improved "Growl"-integration
· SMARTReporter's code is now signed with a digital certificate
· Fixed German localisation (thanks to Oliver Gumprecht)
· Extended the localization capabilities
September 14th, 2010· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: This update fixes several possible problems (CPU consumption & crashes) related to the I/O error checking option introduced in v2.5
· The CPU consumption for doing an I/O error check should be much lower using this version.
· The I/O error check is re-enabled on PPC machines as it actually works fine on most PPC macs and the possible crash is actually related to Mac OS X 10.5 and not PPC
· SMARTReporter should automatically disable I/O error checking if it detects that either of these problems is still occuring on your Mac
· Enabled support for S.M.A.R.T. attribute checking on PPC machines
September 6th, 2010· Fixed the crash on PPC machines (by temporarily disabling the new "I/O Error" checking feature there)
· Fixed a problem where the e-mail settings configuration would not be enabled if multiple addresses to deliver to were entered
· Fixed a problem where trying to send custom e-mails without setting an address to send from would result in a crash
September 3rd, 2010· IMPORTANT: If you are using e-mail notification of disk-failures with custom settings, please check that it is still working
· Added (optional) automatic check for dangerous "I/O Errors" that are a sign of failing drives
· Added support for notifying you of drive failures through Growl, which can notify you via SMS or pushing to your iPhone (Prowl)
· Added support for sending e-mails with encryption (SSL/TLS) and custom settings (necessary for GMail)
· Usability improvements for seting up e-mail drive failure notifications
· Option to sign up for beta-testing to help development
· Handle case when SMARTReporter is launched from its disk image
· Handle case when SMARTReporter is moved while active
· SMARTReporter defaults to starting in 64-bit mode now
· Added Polish localization (thanks to Jarosław Teterycz)
· Updated Italian localization (thanks to Paolo Zanellati)
· Updated French localization (thanks to Ronald A. Leroux)
· Updated Japanese localization (thanks to Jumpei Suzuki)
· Fixed German localization
January 8th, 2010· Fixed German localization.
· Updated French localization.
· Updated Spanish and Catalan localizations.
· Updated Japanese localization.
January 4th, 2010· SMARTReporter can now display all S.M.A.R.T. attributes by right-clicking a drive in the preferences window (thanks to the smartmontools project for the attribute calculation)
· SMARTReporter can now perform a short "S.M.A.R.T. self-test" by right-clicking a drive in the preferences window (thanks to the smartmontools project for the self-test procedure)
· Fix annoying messages being printed to SMARTReporters log-file during its first run
· SMARTReporter automatically restarts itself when turning off visibility in the Menubar
October 17th, 2009· Fix a problem introduced in 2.4.1, annoying messages would be printed into the logfile dozens of times.
October 16th, 2009· Fix a issue with the new e-mail sending through Mail.app would not work with multiple recipients
· Fix a problem with the french localization (thanks to Amalrik Dumas)
· Some smaller fixes and additions
September 18th, 2009· IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to Mac OS X 10.5
· IMPORTANT: Do not directly upgrade from a release older than 2.3.5, or your preferences won't be taken over
· IMPORTANT: If you are (also) using e-mail notification of disk-failures through Mail.app, please check that it is still working
· Added 64-bit support (on Intel), but by defaults starts in 32-bit mode. To change this use the "Get Info" panel in the Finder on SMARTReporter
· Rewrote the e-mail sending through Mail.app
· Fixed the CrashReport sending facility to only send "real" crashes
· Fixed links to the Apple feedback page in the documentation
· Fixed a bug where adding or removing a harddisk would cause SMARTReporter to believe it has been freshly installed
· Fixed the update-check, which would still check for updates even if disabled (sorry!)
· Make Finder keyboard-shortcuts work directly after dismissing the preferences-window
· Expanded the FAQ
December 29th, 2008· IMPORTANT: Users of Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 have to update manually to this release since the update check has been disabled on this platform already
· Fixed a problem with disks attached to Sonnettech ATA-cards would not be recognized with the Sonnettech driver 2.1.4+
· Fixed a problem where SMARTReporter would loose its preferences and add itself to the Login-Items multiple times
· Fixed the "Start on login" feature on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" through a new Leopard-specific implementation (again)
· Updated Japanese localization (thanks to Jumpei Suzuki)
August 21st, 2008· Disable the update-check on Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 as those won't be supported in future releases
· To automatically update to future releases you must first update to this version
· Updated "Sparkle" (the Framework used for Version Checking and Automatic Updates), to fix possible crashes
· Fixed possible crash while sending CrashReports
· Fixed possible problem sending e-mails through broken SMTP-servers
February 22nd, 2008· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: REALLY fixed the crashes on 10.3.x this time
· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: REALLY fixed the crashes with the Spanish, Russian and Catalan localizations
· Updated French localization (thanks to Ronald Leroux)
February 20th, 2008· Fixed crashes on 10.3.x caused by the Update-Framework
· Fixed crashes occuring when the Sytem-Language matches Spanish, Russian or Catalan
· Fixed spelling in the Italian localisation
February 7th, 2008· IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Disabled the new Leopard-specific "Start on login" as it seems to crash
October 4th, 2007· Updated all hyperlinks in the application and the documentation because of the move to a new hosting for website & e-mail.
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