title: I need help gathering s.m.a.r.t. data from an external Samsung T5 SSD 2TB, on a Mac
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  <li>MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3</li>
  <li>MacBook Pro 15' Mid 2015</li>
  <li>External disk: Samsung T5 SSD 2TB</li>
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  <li>I've installed smartmontools and DriveDX</li>
  <li>I've installed the kernel driver as described here: <a href="https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx/usb-drive-support" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx/usb-drive-support</a></li>
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  <p>With smartmontools and DriveDX I can successfully get data from a Maxtor HDD and a WD Element HDD, so I think, drivers are good, and the procedure of attaching the external drives after a reboot works.
  Still can't get SMART data from the Samsung T5.</p>
  <p>The only hypothesis is that the T5 has an enclosure that doesn't support SMART technology, but I've seen reviews of the disk which included SMART reports.</p>
  <p>Anything I can try?</p>