HD Tune Alternatives for Mac

HD Tune is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is GSmartControl, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HD Tune and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to HD Tune are smartmontools, DriveDx, InchWest DiskMark and Drive Scope.

HD Tune alternatives are mainly Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools but may also be Benchmark Tools or Hard Disk Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of HD Tune.

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Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool

HD Tune is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for...

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GSmartControl
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
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33 GSmartControl alternatives
Smartctl GUI that supports controlling hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting.
- - GSmartControl is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to HD Tune.
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Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Comments about GSmartControl as a Alternative to HD Tune
Most users think GSmartControl is a great HD Tune alternative.
Cyrille
GSmartControl just carries all it takes control/check disks or SSDs for defects. Same for its cli part 'smartmontools'.
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Guest
no read/write graphs per offset
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smartmontools
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Free • Open Source
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
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27 smartmontools alternatives
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.
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smartmontools Features
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Comments about smartmontools as a Alternative to HD Tune
Some users think smartmontools is a great HD Tune alternative, some don't.
Guest
Provides accurate SMART data via CLI with granular control of the data. Unlike other software that attempts to replicate or shorten the data provided by drives, Smartmontools is legitimately capable of interpreting and displaying accurate and up to date information and interfaces appropriately with drives.
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ab1
no benchmarks, no ways to test blocks
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DriveDx
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Paid • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
38 DriveDx alternatives
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...
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DriveDx Features
Hardware Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
InchWest DiskMark
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Paid • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Mac
17 InchWest DiskMark alternatives
Test the performance of your flash (pen/usb), solid state, hard disk drives in just 60 seconds.
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InchWest DiskMark Features
Hardware Monitoring
Drive Scope
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
11 Drive Scope alternatives
Hard drives (and solid state drives) are the most failure prone components in your Mac. For that very reason, in fact, drive manufacturers have built in self monitoring, analysis and reporting technology right into the drive. (a.k.a.
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Drive Scope Features
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Hardware Monitoring
AJA System Test
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Free • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Mac
Windows
5 AJA System Test alternatives
Aja System Test is an application included with all KONA cards which lets you tune your system to the same high standards that developers do for the best performance.
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Stellar Volume Optimizer
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
11 Stellar Volume Optimizer alternatives
Stellar Volume Repair (also Optimizer) repair corrupt Macintosh HD and other partitions formatted with HFS and FAT file systems. It support extends to Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard.
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SMART Utility
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Paid • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Mac
39 SMART Utility alternatives
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...
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SMART Utility Features
Hardware Diagnostics
Hardware Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
diglloydTools DiskTester
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Paid • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Mac
16 diglloydTools DiskTester alternatives
DiskTester is a 64-bit application which tests drive performance and reliability for single volumes or RAID. Some highlights:
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QuickBench
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Paid • Proprietary
Benchmark Tool
Hard Disk Benchmark Tool
Mac
Windows
18 QuickBench alternatives
QuickBench is a simple to use but powerful hard disk performance benchmarking tool. It provides three built-in, industry trusted test suites which measure the performance of dozens of preset hard disk transfer sizes.
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