do not force quit the app), as this can leave large files on your drive.

Do not interrupt the test while it is in progress (e.g. The app may become unresponsive during the test this is normal.Once the test is complete, the results will be displayed (the below screenshot shows results from a fast internal Solid State Drive): The size of the data chunks written are randomly chosen between 1 KB and 200 KB, to simulate writing various sizes of audio and video data. If you are using this app for the purpose of testing drive performance for use with our SecuritySpy CCTV software, a useful test would be to select as many files as you have cameras.Ĭlick the Start button, and the app will attempt to write chunks of data to the specified number of files, as fast as possible for 15 seconds. The more files you select, the more challenging the test is for the drive. Open the File Writing Test app and you will be presented with a window that allows you to choose which drive to test, and how many simultaneous files to create: Please note that this software is provided AS IS and without warranty of any kind. System requirements: macOS 10.8 or later. The current version is 1.0.1, released 25 October 2019. This software is designed to aid the setting up of our video surveillance software SecuritySpy,Īlthough you are free to use it for any purpose. This software will write data simultaneously to multiple files on your drive in order to test its write speed.

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