While version 1.5.0 expanded support, some limitations remain:

SSDReporter 1.5.0, released by , introduced critical compatibility updates specifically for newer Mac hardware and expanded support for external storage. Key Features of Version 1.5.0

The app uses a simple color-coded system in the menu bar or Dock: green for healthy, yellow for warning thresholds, and red for critical errors.

Introduced support for checking the lifetime of select external SSDs connected via USB, FireWire, and other interfaces (though compatibility varies by enclosure).

It calculates an overall health percentage (100% to 0%) by observing seven specific S.M.A.R.T. lifetime attributes, including #5, #173, and #231.

Certain SSDs from brands like Seagate (600 series), Micron , Crucial , and OWC (Aura SSD) are known to be incompatible due to how they report S.M.A.R.T. data.