Jonathan Yates https://jyates.dev/blog Jonathan Yates' Blog Reading SMART Data from WD External Drives on macOS (Without Kernel Extensions) https://jyates.dev/blog/wd-smart-reader How I reverse-engineered WD's proprietary USB bridge protocol to build a CLI tool that reads SMART data from MyBook drives on Apple Silicon — no kext, no WD app required. Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://jyates.dev/blog/wd-smart-reader An Introduction https://jyates.dev/blog/an-introduction An introduction and explanation for why I made this site. Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://jyates.dev/blog/an-introduction