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Hmmmm, $40 for a $5 app? I'll stick with iStat Menu. - Version: 2.5b2, 7/10/2009 03:12AM PST
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Kudrabar
$40? For what? The major functions of this app are available FOR FREE in the iStat Pro Widget or iStat Menus, and in those cases the only value added is all the eye candy, so it's pretty, but it wastes a ton of screen space for essentially no useful purpose. This app does provide some functionality that the two iStat apps do not, such as: 1) Rules triggered "when certain conditions are met for a specified resource..."; 2) logging; and 3) system monitoring over a network. Those 3 major functions offered my CheckUp bur not by the iStat apps could be useful to network administrators, but not to average users.
And ChecUp offers a few other functions that are available FOR FREE by several other apps. So the bottom line is this: Is it absolutely necessary for you to have WITHIN ONE APPLICATION all of the otherwise FREE capabilities offered by a few individual apps? If yes, then is it still necessary at the cost of $40?
Even I would like to have all these functions provided by just one app. However, even if I were a network administrator, paying $40 for that convenience would be simply extravagant, considering that they're available for free in two or even three apps. At a price of say $5, I might consider buying Checkup. I suspect that most Mac owners feel just as I do -- judging the customer reviews on both CheckUp 2.5b2 MacUpdate and VersionTracker.
And ChecUp offers a few other functions that are available FOR FREE by several other apps. So the bottom line is this: Is it absolutely necessary for you to have WITHIN ONE APPLICATION all of the otherwise FREE capabilities offered by a few individual apps? If yes, then is it still necessary at the cost of $40?
Even I would like to have all these functions provided by just one app. However, even if I were a network administrator, paying $40 for that convenience would be simply extravagant, considering that they're available for free in two or even three apps. At a price of say $5, I might consider buying Checkup. I suspect that most Mac owners feel just as I do -- judging the customer reviews on both CheckUp 2.5b2 MacUpdate and VersionTracker.
Won't run with new system update 
- Version: 2.1.1, 5/14/2009 07:28PM PST
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hwmillerster
I rather like this utility. I use it in the trial mode but it does have an easy to read interface. However, when I went from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7, CheckUp 2.1.1 stopped recognizing my iMac. This probably needs to be update for the new system and certainly for Snow Leopard. I would recommend this for 10.5.6 and lower but wait for an upgrade on this software.
'Check your memory and disks; monitor the health of your Mac'. Whilst it checks your disks SMART status, that is it. It does absolutely nothing with your disks that is not already available in Apples free Disk Utility, and other freeware apps. I actually needed to check the integrity of the disk blocks, which is the only way of actually knowing that your disk is sound, and as this application does not do anything of the sort, I am very disappointed. It simply does not perform a proper check of your disks at all, it does not even verify the disk!