Micromat TechTool Pro 4 Mac

This is the eagerly anticipated Universal Binary version of TechTool Pro that will run on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. It fully supports the hardware changes introduced to the Macintosh platform with the introduction of the new MacIntel chipsets. All of the features of the program that were previously available for PowerPC based Macs are available for Intel-based Macs as well. This includes the innovative eDrive (emergency startup partition) feature of the program, found nowhere else. In addition to Universal Binary support, the new release will also include some significant program enhancements, including improved Disk Controller test routines. Unlike most application software, more than a simple re-compile of the program was required to support the new Intel-based Macs. Because TechTool Pro works with the computer hardware at the lowest levels, it was necessary for Micromat to completely re-engineer the software from the ground up. In order to support the new models, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is required to run the program.
TechTool Pro ships on DVD for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. The DVD will automatically boot the correct system version.
No product comes close to TechTool Pro for ensuring that all of your hardware and software is operating at peak performance. No other software gives you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your valuable data is protected by the latest technology. With a single mouse click, TechTool Pro can automatically run a series of sophisticated tests that will troubleshoot almost any problem you are having with your Macintosh.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars I Think It’s Good
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…

5 Stars Works as advertised. I am very pleased with their new 5.02 update.
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.

1 Star TechTool Pro v4.6.1 will not work with Mac OS X 10.5
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.

5 Stars excellent service
received shipping notice right away. did not receive my software for like a month. emailed amazon and they sent another one right away.

1 Star Do NOT waste your $$$$
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.

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Apple Remote Desktop 3 2 10 Managed Systems

Item #: 66556H. Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Macs on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate your routine management tasks - all from your own Mac.

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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64 bit for System Builders DVD

1PK VISTA HOME BASIC 64BIT EN DVD

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Avoid like the plague. No wait, this is worse.
This OS does not work with 99% of all hardware devices due to its mandatory driver signing policy. This means that a hardware device and/or driver that does not implement DRM cannot be certified and therefore used with this OS. If you can, get the 32-bit version instead. Or better yet, get XP.

4 Stars Not for Boot Camp Macs with OS 10.4
This rating is for the package, not the OS itself.

Just a warning…this will NOT WORK CORRECTLY if you plan to install using Boot Camp on your 64 bit Mac. It will install, but as of OS 10.4, many of the drivers are only supported by the 32 bit version of Windows Vista (so get that!). Parallels can not handle 64 bit either. Just a warning.

3 Stars Vista 64
New rating: 4/5

Just a quick note before I begin: I run 2x 1GB GeForce 8600 GT on an MSI n570 SLi motherboard with an AMD Phenom @ 2.6 Ghz with 8GB DDR2 RAM. I am not a hardcore gamer or PC enthusiast; this is the first rig of this calibur that I have ever built.

That being said….

Ah Vista. How anxious I was to try you out myself. I’ve heard lots of different things about you, some good, and lots of bad. I’ll reflect on my initial experience with this OS in this review.

Installation was a breeze. Vista rarely prompted me unnecessarily (for example, it just restarted instead of prompting me and waiting for 30 seconds), and the whole process couldn’t have been longer than ten minutes. And for those of you updating your system from XP (or some other Microsoft OS), Vista has an “update” feature and a clean install feature; the former saves all of your personal information while the latter is pretty self explanatory.

My initial reaction went something like this: wow, this looks pretty slick. And it continues to look pretty slick. Microsoft piles on the visual goods with window shadowing, transparencies, and tight color schemes. All of these effects work right out of the box, so if you’re a sucker for visuals this won’t disappoint you. On the other hand, if you reminisce about the days of 3.1, you can always turn these features off. I would recommend this for users that experience lower performance than they desire.

Vista is also loaded with control features. I ended up removing many of them in favor of less hassle and better performance, but for those of you that like prompts and many security features, Vista will again support your desires. Vista’s initial settings will prompt you whenever ANY program tries to access the web and whenever ANY program (that isn’t started by the OS) runs. I felt that this was a little much and disabled both. It comes with a firewall, Windows defender, performance monitors, a new look for the control panel, a new sidebar, and an improved search engine (which I’ve heard plenty of complaining about, but it works great for me… its on the start menu people, its not hard to find!).

There are some down sides. If you’re looking to disable security features that Vista insists on running as defaults, you’re going to find it pretty difficult. As in, look around for a half hour, give up, get a coffee, come back with friends and look for another half hour before you find it difficult. Also, it could boot a little faster. I was expecting blazing booting speed with the rig that I built but honestly my family’s computer with XP gets up and running quicker, and it runs on spare blender parts. Additionally, when you see “32-bit compatibility” advertised, they mean that you can run a program that allows a single program to run in an XP environment, and choose whether or not to run it in this format permanently or not. Forget about playing older games or running old software as well; 64-bit Vista does not support 16-bit code.

All-in-all, the goods far outway the bad. It runs smooth, looks great, and allows great flexibility while providing excellent security and features designed to aid any kind of user. I would recommend this to anyone that plans on running a lot of 64-bit software, or to PC builders that plan on using more than 3GB of RAM (32-bit OSs don’t support any more than that!). Other than that though, I would say just stick with 32-bit Vista as you will run into less compatibility issues in the near future.

3 Stars I wish I got 32 bit Vista instead.
It is a good operating system, and updates have fixed more then a few problems, but before buying this I did not realize that quite a number of programs did not support 64 bit windows. I wanted to use the zonealarm firewall and spyware doctor, but they’re not supported on this. I thought 64 bit would be better than 32 bit (which it is in some ways) but not enough software is supported on it. So I would suggest that you stick with 32 bit vista (or XP) for now.

P.S I did not have any problems with PC games working on it, they worked just fine, even Oblivion did.

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