
For example, you can make their testing functions part of a maintenance routine, such as the routine I recommend in my As to "when should I run them" this largely depends on you. "preventative monitoring" in the sense of alerting you to impending problems so you can then use the utility's repair functions, if needed.ģ. A reading of the sales literature for each should give you a better picture of what functions are "preventative" in sense of fixing problems before they arise vs. SMART diagnostics, may be of value to you. The monitoring functions, such as checking the Their disk repair functions are primarily for repair when Disk Utility cannot fix a problem with a volume's directory, and may be their best attributes. re: Prevention or Repair? Most disk utilities have both monitoring and repair functions. For owners of PowerPC-based Macs, I recommend having both DW and TTP.Ģ. There are both "Gold" (4.5.1) and "Beta" (4.5.2) versions of TTP available: beta software can be problematic as the "beta test" is used to shake out the bugs, with you, the user, playing "Test Pilot." It's important to know the version someone was using if they report it as being "problematic." I would shy away from using the beta version of a disk utility on a production system.

I do not regard TTP as "problematic" but I have yet to test the new Universal version on an Intel-based Mac.

Third party utilities for mac pro#
TechTool Pro (TTP) is available as a Universal Binary for Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. Welcome to the Discussions and congratulations on your MacBook purchase.ĭrive Genius are available as a Universal Binary, and hence won't work with your MacBook.
