Hard Disk Sentinel Alternatives for Mac

Hard Disk Sentinel is not available for Mac but there are a few alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is smartmontools, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Hard Disk Sentinel and four of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Hard Disk Sentinel are DriveDx, SMART Utility and SMARTReporter.

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Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives are mainly Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools but may also be Benchmark Tools or Defrag Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Hard Disk Sentinel.
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Monitor HDD/SSD health, run S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, predict issues, schedule backups, run performance tests, control temperatures, protect data.

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Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives page was last updated Sep 17, 2024
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    smartmontools

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    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.

    25 smartmontools alternatives
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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    smartmontools Features

    1.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
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    • Most users think smartmontools is a great Hard Disk Sentinel alternative.

    • smartmontools is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Hard Disk Sentinel.

    • smartmontools is Free and Open SourceHard Disk Sentinel is Paid and Proprietary
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    DriveDx

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    DriveDx is advanced drive health diagnostic and monitoring utility. Unlike most drive utilities, DriveDx does not only monitor the drive’s built-in S.M.A.R.T. status, but also analyzes the changes of all drive health indicators that are closely related to HDD or SSD failures...

    37 DriveDx alternatives
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    • Mac

    DriveDx Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
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    • DriveDx is the most popular commercial alternative to Hard Disk Sentinel.

    • DriveDx is Paid and ProprietaryHard Disk Sentinel is also Paid and Proprietary
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    SMART Utility

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    SMART Utility is an application to scan the internal hardware diagnostics system of hard drives. SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements (called attributes) of a hard...

    39 SMART Utility alternatives
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    • Mac

    SMART Utility Features

    1.  Hardware Diagnostics
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
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    SMARTReporter

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    SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the built-in S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drives as well as performing other checks for "I/O errors" or R.A.I.

    18 SMARTReporter alternatives
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    • Mac

    SMARTReporter Features

    1.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
    2.  Data Protection
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