Micromat TechTool Pro 4 (Mac)
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Software Reviews of Micromat TechTool Pro 4 (Mac)
Customer Review: falsely advertised
Summary: 1 Stars
This product was advertised as being suitable for my computer. It was not and I had to return it at a substantial cost to me. The seller Book Resellers was not responsible for the false ad, but either Amazon or the manufacturerCustomer Review: Works as advertised. I am very pleased with their new 5.02 update.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a reluctant "need to maintain this Mac" user. I am a webmaster for my church using iWeb. I looked at Disc Warrior and didn't understand the features offered. I tried the trial download and still didn't understand disc warrior.
After generating a "disc error" disc utility couldn't fix I frantically searched for a solution and found the tech tool version that came with my Appe Care Warranty.
Never could fix problem with that version. I bought the Pro version, at that time 4.6 and got it fixed in 5 minutes!
The new interface is much better when doing volume optimization. There is a graphic that lets you clearly see where you are in this lengthy process. It does take a long time to complete, but the performance of your machine will amaze you.
I used to take 45 Min. to an hr. to completely back up 141+ GB to a backup disc. After the optimization it takes 7 minutes!
You DO need to read their documentation. Get familiar with what they tell you before you start willy-nilly trying things.
This program is not meant for the highly networked Terabyte business. Again they tell you clearly what they can and can not do on what hardware, running which operating system versions. Excellent job Micromat.
Customer Review: I Think It's Good
Summary: 5 Stars
Some software's are so complicated - but this doesn't appear to be. It seems to be rather quite simple... That is, if I'm taking advantages of all it can do. I bought it because of the reviews on this site and CNET. I guess it "dose" good for the "system" becsue it seems to run better afterwords (CERTAINLY not worse) - however if my computing functions are all that complicated in the first place to need such "refining" remains to be seen. So I recommend it "just because" it's good to have something that dose what it says it dose... But always remember - don't fool yourself - run the "advanced" scan at night - it will tip the scales at FOUR HOURS or even more... Customer Review: TechTool Pro v4.6.1 will not work with Mac OS X 10.5
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had Tech Tool Pro from the start. I thought it to be essential. Not so as it will not work for me with Mac 6S X 10.5.
I have a G-Drive 500 GB exterior hard drive. It is the item 4.6.1 cannot deal with. I have just run a complete defrag of the G-Drive in this, my 20th or so attempt to get 4.6.1 to run. Running the medium program, as recommended for periodic maintence, it runs to Volumes, Volume Structures (for the G-Drive) to the point of Catalog File (B-Tree) number 1394362 of 2604014 and freezes. Nothing clicks. The computer must then be completely shut down then restarted in order to get the disk to eject.
This completely worthless. And to think I paid an upgrade from 4.5 only to get the code more perfectly written to serve the Intel processors. My unit is still a Powerbook with G4 chip.
And to think I paid for the 4.6 then the announcements about 5.0 began with explanation mmost all of us would have to pay for an entire upgrade again.
If Micromat thinks we will all be sheep & buy 5.0 they have another thing coming.
Customer Review: Do NOT waste your $$$$
Summary: 1 Stars
To begin with, TTP is not by any means the only game in town. It is however, going to be the the most expensive or completely useless. Micromat will be happy either way. As a current Micromat customer, I am the proud owner of an expensive utility that worked for all of two months. Leopard broke it completely. When Micromat updated their utility to be compatible with Apple's current OS, they wanted all of us to pay them again. They simply renamed the "update" from "Techtool Pro 4" r4.5.3 to "Techtool Pro 4" r4.6.1 an "upgrade". They're also calling their all new "Techtool Pro 5" an "upgrade". Do yourself a favor, buy Diskwarrior and you'll only have to pay for it just the one time.