There is a known issue with solid state drives produced by Toshiba for Apple. Solid state drives for these particular MacBook Airs (model numbers APPLE […]
Drive Scope can only initiate self-testing, which is internal to the drive. Any failures are handled by the drive’s internal testing mechanism. If the self-test […]
The existing SAT SMART Driver extension used to provide access to health data on external drives is limited in macOS Big Sur. We will be […]
The Lifespan Agent is a background process which handles the monitoring of flash media and for displaying the icon in the menu bar. The Lifespan […]
Checkmate is designed to automate hardware testing. As such, it runs tests when your Mac is idle, and does not provide a mechanism to test […]
Checkmate is a testing-only utility. Many problems tested by Checkmate reflect hardware failures, and ‘repair’ actually requires taking your Mac in for service. In some […]
If Checkmate notifies you that it has been unable to test for a while, there are a couple of troubleshooting steps that can be taken. […]
An important difference in ATOMIC compared to Techtool Pro is that it maximizes available free memory prior to testing. In TechTool Pro, only available free […]
Memtest (depending on the version) can only test the first 4GB of physical RAM, even if the user initiates it in single user mode. ATOMIC, […]
In order to view the SMART data from external drives, third-party extensions, collectively called SAT SMART Driver, needs to be installed. With the release of […]
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