Be sure and let us know... - nikurashi

I must be the luckiest guy in the world, then, because I think TechTool is the greatest, and I wouldn't be without it. To me, it's the perfect computer management tool. Now, if you want to talk aboout evil programs, you've just named one. Disk Warrior lulls one into a false sense of good things to come by mentioning all of the "bad" things that you weren't even aware of but that it will fix, and then when you bite it cripples your computer. I'm glad you're happy with it. As far as I'm concerned, I never even want to hear the name again. Conflict Catcher is another one that has forced me to take my computer to the shop more than once. After those two boobytraps, I am very, very cautious about using any "fixit" programs. Tech Tool is the only one I trust at this point.

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Saturday, July 22 2006 @ 10:43 AM PDT

Be sure and let us know... - Lord Naughty

DW may have saved my butt more than once, but I don't really recommend that product either (having seen it freeze in mid-repair). It hasn't destroyed a disk that I've owned, though, so that places it slightly higher on the totem pole than TTP4 (or TTD, for that matter) for me. I suppose it's the lesser of two evils (three evils if you count Norton Utilities, which I don't as that product goes beyond the pale as far as screwing up my disks is concerned). I'm genuinely happy to see that it works for someone, though, as I'm far more interested in seeing working products and keeping my mouth shut than posting negative comments. Cheers.

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Saturday, July 22 2006 @ 07:44 PM PDT

Be sure and let us know... - Paul_Vail_674

Having not used it in years makes you less-than-qualified to complain, comment or rate the software. Techtool needs a LOT of GUI enhancements in its current state, to be sure. Its reporting features at the conclusion of an analysis (and/or repair) is horrid. Reading the report is an exercise in ferreting out what was fixed where and why. This could be so much better even if it was one long-ass report, perhaps highlighting in RED what was bad and maybe in BLUE what was repaired.

Additionally, the autoprotection ought to be optional, with the ability to turn it on or off within the application -- and NOT have a daemon running in the background all of the time. Some of us technicians prefer to have control over running processes, and we don't like unnecessary things. If a user wishes to have the autoprotection running, fine -- but don't go hiding stuff. I've posted this with tech support several times and posted this elsewhere as a 'dumb' feature.

But there are aspects of Techtool that DiskWarrior doesn't touch. You likely know, as a lover of DW, that it only looks at directories. Granted, that will be a common source of issues, but there's hardware to test and other aspects of your computer's operation that DW isn't created to check. Techtool *can* do these tests. Hopefully as well or better than MacEKG -- it's fine ancestor.

Micromat's product doesn't suck as much as you pretend. But it has room for significant improvement. Your comment is meaningless unless you use the current version.

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Saturday, July 22 2006 @ 10:57 AM PDT

Be sure and let us know... - Lord Naughty

Having not used it (in any meaningful way, outside of the laughable Techtool Deluxe included with my Apple extended warranties) in years is the reason I chose to comment on the product and not rate the product. As to whether my comment is worthless, well, that's really up to the reader to decide, isn't it? If Micromat has (finally) produced a worthwhile and stable product, then that should overshadow any negative comment that I've made here today. And let me be the first to state that if they have, my comment should be ignored and modded down.

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Saturday, July 22 2006 @ 07:22 PM PDT