Micromat begins shipping TechTool Pro 4
updated 01:35 am EST, Tue November 25, 2003
TechTool Pro 4 ships
Micromat has officially announced the release of , its disk utility that provides support for Mac OS X: "TechTool Pro 4 is fully compatible with Mac OS X, including Panther. In fact, we boot all current machines that are capable of running Mac OS X such as the new G5’s, and I predict that TechTool Pro 4 will become the utility of choice for Mac users." It features eDrive technology, which creates a bootable Mac OS X emergency partition containing TechTool Pro 4, allowing users to perform recovery or repairs without needing to startup from the TechTool Pro CD.
Other features include S.M.A.R.T. testing, email notification of problems, optimization, and many hardware tests that may help to pinpoint problems missed by other utilities. TechTool Pro 4 can also simultaneously repair or optimize multiple volumes. The utility includes features for disk optimization/defragmentation, scheduling, volume structure rebuild, computer hardware testing, data recovery from damaged volumes, secure data deletion, and USB and FireWire tests.
The utility is $100. Current users of TechTool Pro 3, Applecare, or Drive 10 can upgrade for $50.
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Upgrades
"Recent" buyers of TT3 were also promised a free upgrade to TT4. No word yet but I hear some people have received disks in the mail.