Thanks Severin, after my disastrous encounter with MacKeeper I am being verrry careful with what I add to the Imac! I think I'll look at Clean My Mac & follow your regimen,
thanks & regards, Ken On 18 April 2013 14:26, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken, I have looked at Disk Tools Pro but as I already have Tech Tools Pro, > which I believe is better, I went no further. As Peter says, the OS > handles most things, but I still run Clean My Mac and Disk Warrior monthly > as housekeeping measures and hold Tech Tools Pro at the ready in case of > need. For speed and ease of use I have these and other utilities on an up > to date bootable partition on a separate external drive, which I find to be > an excellent arrangement. > Best wishes > Severin Crisp > > On 18/04/2013, at 1:20 PM, Ken Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey thanks Peter for such an in depth response. > Yes it's a part of one of those bundled packages being offered. > Yes I'm backed up but I may just buy the package to have it there just in > case, > > thanks again Peter, > > Ken > > > On 18 April 2013 07:42, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On 17/04/2013, at 5:03 PM, Ken Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> has anyone tried this? >> Would anyone recommend it? >> >> DISK TOOLS PRO >> >> I have Disk Tools Pro. I think I received it as part of some software >> bundle at one time. Fortunately I have never had to use it in anger, so I >> can't testify to its effectiveness. >> >> Like all software of this type, I would not regard it as maintenance >> software, rather than a tool to have around in case of emergency. Writing >> information back to a hard drive always carries risks, and software such as >> this always has the potential to make a bad problem worse. Knowing this >> makes such software difficult to road test. Sure, you can test it on a >> non-essential drive, but if it comes back with no errors you are none the >> wiser. If it does come back with errors, it's probably time to back up that >> data and replace the drive. >> >> The other problem is that hard drives have so much capacity these days >> that they are quite likely to have bad sectors, etc, out of the box. Any >> attempt to repair these is usually futile. Modern OSes are designed to deal >> with these as a routine matter, so unless they are demonstrably causing >> problems they can generally be safely ignored. By all means it is probably >> a good idea to have a tool such as Disk Tools Pro, or any of its cousins >> such as Tech Tool Pro, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, etc. They all have >> different tools and purposes, but ultimately they are all designed to >> rescue you from a disaster. 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