subject: The Best Mac Repair Tools [print this page] If you own a Mac computer, you need to know what tools you can use when you need to repair it. Here are some of the best tools for repairing, troubleshooting, and diagnosing a Mac computer.
TechTool Protogo
This is suite of repair software for a Mac computer that is made up of some of the most useful tools that Micromat makes. These tools include Tech Tool Pro Classic, TechTool 4, and DiskStudio. This software suite will create a bootable repair kit for this or for any other tool on a portable drive or a flash disk. The suite permits you to boot the Mac computer from this drive while you bypass the Mac computers operating system. You can also run full set of diagnostics tests on the Mac computer to diagnose problems. The suite will also permit you to remove data securely, defragment, optimize, and repair data corruption.
Carbon Copy Cloner
This is very effective an efficient backup software for a Mac computer. It will permit you to schedule backups at regular intervals. The best thing about this software is that you can clone a hard disk and allow it to boot. This utility is most useful when youre recovering from a system crash, replacing hard drives, or setting up several Mac computers.
Onyx
This is great personalization, maintenance, and optimization for a Mac OS X. It allows you to configure numerous Mac OS X features, run maintenance jobs, delete cashes, and run hard drive diagnostics. This software will help you to maintain your Macs health.
DiskWarrior 4
This is a very powerful and technological advanced repair program that repairs damage to the data on a Mac computer. DiskWarrior rapidly and efficiently builds replacement data based on the original data, rather than rebuilding the damaged data. Once the new data is built, it will compare the original data with the new data to make sure it contains no errors. DiskWarrior will also increase performance by optimizing the disk directory.
Memtest OS X
This is some great software to test memory on the Mac OS X. It will efficiently test irregular system problems when youre having difficulty determining if it is a memory problem. This is a command line program that can be run in Single User Mode when your Mac computer wont boot and in Single User mode.
Data Rescue II
This is data recovery software, which works great when you need to recover data from hard drives that have been corrupted. It will scan the drive an examine all of the contents it contains including files that have been deleted and allows you to choose the data that you want to recover.
