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MicroMat quietly begins shipping TechTool Pro 4

updated 07:25 am EST, Mon November 24, 2003

TechTool Pro 4 ships


MacNN reader Raymond Ocampo reports receipt of his MicroMat and then delayed several times: "I finally got my TechTool Pro 4 in the mail. I was surprised they released the product without news or email. I got the update since I own Drive 10 and TTP3 already and it was supplied without any fanfare packaging. I only received the CD and an invoice. That's it. The manual can be read in PDF. Of course I'm a little disappointed since I wanted the printed manual and being a previous owner, I though would have received the full package."

"Anyway, the CD I received is version 4.0.1 and I installed it in my PBG4 running OS 10.2.8. I am not planning to update to Panther until the bugs are fixed next year. In the meantime, this version of TTP4 seems updated since the image of the computer they used is the G5. Upon installation and startup the software warned me that I have 30 days to report to MicroMat if the CD is unable to be used as a startup disk. Again, since I‚m using 10.2.8 it was able to start my computer without any problems."



:I'm wondering if there are others using Panther and have received their TTP4 in the mail. I hope your readers can report if they are also successful in their end to prepare for others wanting to upgrade to Panther in the near future. I hope this works so I won't have to buy a new TTP4 update CD, again!"


by MacNN Staff

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  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Of course you did

    That's the problem with reselling to existing customers. They always want more, more, more. If you already have TTP3, why do you need a manual for v4?

    Save a tree, dude.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Well, it's about time...

    I'm awaiting my copy. I hope it works well....

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    slow to update?

    So is this only ready now for Jaguar? Does that mean it won't work on Panther's Journaling File System?


    And why are you waiting until next year to upgrade? 10.3.1 just came out, if you're still not satisfied, upgrade when 10.3.2 comes out (soon). I haven't had a problem yet. Just don't use FileVault and everything else will work fine.

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    Picture?

    In the meantime, this version of TTP4 seems updated since the image of the computer they used is the G5.

    Wow, it must have really been updated, if they have an image of the G5 on there. I just figured they were repackaging v3 as v4. Now we know what took so long (they had to wait for the G5 to ship, so they could get one, take a picture of it, and throw it in their software).

    Oh, and waiting for the bugs to be 'fixed'? The bugs aren't going to be fixed. Some will, some new ones will crop up. Its an OS. It'll be buggy. (Oh, no problems here, either, with Panther).

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Hey hey!!

    Panther has no problems. Users have problems. Don't forget that.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Journaling was in Jaguar

    Journaling was part of Jaguar; it just didn't have system GUI access in Client (you had to use terminal or 3rd party GUIs.

    The problem with Jaguar and a utility like TTP4 is that there were separate G5 and non-G5 versions of the OS for 10.2.7 and 10.2.8.

    I hope the startup CD is based on 10.3. We bought a copy of TTP4 today, and 7 of our 15 Macs are G5s.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Stop worrying.

    TTP4 is fully compatible with both Jaguar and Panther. The product didn't go into GM until after the G5 had been released.
    TTP4 is a complete redesign of the program, being OSX native, and incorporating elements of both TTP3 and DriveX. This is much more than just an update of TTP3.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Sweet

    I've been waiting for years to pirate TTP4 after the POS Drive 10 hosed not one but two of my HDs...

    It would be nice to have at least one disk utility that actually works with panther. (DW still hasn't been updated yet.)

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    Re: Sweet

    Don't Drive 10 owners get TTP4 for free?

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    i've not gotten mine yet

    and I ordered drive 10 a long time ago!
    i have a ttp4 key...
    i think its lame that they haven't provided online delivery.
    i mean they know who we are.
    they know who owns ttp4 keys.

    anyways i'm looking forward to it :)

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