Getting some of your macOS system preferences can be easily achieved with smartmontools. Let’s see how to install smartctl on macOS.
Prerequisites
- macOS
- Homebrew
Install smartctl on macOS
Step 1. Update the brew packages.
brew update
Step 2. Install smartmontools.
brew install smartmontools
Step 3. Verify the installation.
smartctl -v
Output:
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [Darwin 21.6.0 arm64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Conclusion
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