[ale] Mac's version of BSD

[Matthew]

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23777/smartctl

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Matthew <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:

> IF you get ahold of Scott Moulton of http://www.myharddrivedied.com/ he
> maybe able to help. He lives in ATL, and is a member of DC404.
>
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> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
>
>> I am essentially clueless about the underpinnings of a Mac.
>> But, given the recent discussions on failing hard drives, I couldn't help
>> but remember my wife's recent PAIN -- the HD in her Mac laptop died and
>> that's when she discovered that her backup drive had died a week or so
>> earlier.  (She hadn't understood the error messages she was getting.)
>> Two new hard drives later she is trying to recover what she can.
>>
>> So this afternoon I checked and the command <smartctl> is not on her
>> machine.  Is it available?  If so, what is the download/install procedure?
>>
>> Sean
>>
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