Yes Daniel you are correct. I was also going to reply as I noticed that Reg did not mention to Alsoft that his MacBook Pro had a SSD.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 25/06/2013, at 10:03 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Reg > > Alsoft may say that (given they sell the product), though this link may help > more > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4092213?start=0&tstart=0> > Particularly this part > /quote > What you DONT need to do is worry about physical maintenance - > "defragmentation" is pretty much irrelevant. > /end quote > SSD's don't store files the same way a normal spinning disk does. > Just like you "can't" really do a secure erase files from an SSD. Once > something is erased on it, it's gone. > (Even if you boot off another drive, and try do a "secure erase" reformat of > the drive, that option isn't readily available in Disk Utility,..or > others,….). > This is one of the reasons backups with SSD's are very important, as once > files are gone,..they're gone. So data recovery is a lot harder (if sometimes > near impossible). > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > On 25/06/2013, at 9:53 PM, Reg Whitely <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi WAMUGgers >> >> I post this message for your info and comment, especially regarding Daniel's >> most recent reply to my query on the MacBook Issues thread. >> >> Reg >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Alsoft Technical Support <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: MacBook Pro 2013 Retina Disk Warrior compatibility >>> Date: 25 June 2013 9:26:40 pm AWST >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>>> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Reg >>>> Whitely ([email protected]) on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 03:37:33 >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> --- >>>> >>>> a_Product: DiskWarrior >>>> >>>> b_Product_Version: 4.4 >>>> >>>> c_Product_Serial_Number: presales >>>> >>>> d_Question_or_Problem: When will you release an update to Disk >>>> Warrior to provide a suitable start-up disk? Disk Warrior has been >>>> recommended to me but I'm reluctant to buy it until it is fully >>>> compatible. >>>> >>>> g. Mac OS Version: Mac OS 10.8 >>>> >>>> h. Mac Model: MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013 >>>> >>>> i. Mac Processor: Intel >>>> >>>> j. Mac RAM: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> --- >>>> >>>> IP Address: 121.45.229.26 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> The DiskWarrior application is fully compatible with this computer, you >>> simply cannot start up the computer from the DiskWarrior disc. >>> >>> There is currently no DiskWarrior disc to start up this generation MacBook >>> Pro. All third-party developers are awaiting the delivery from Apple of a >>> version of the operating system that can be run from a DVD, so that an >>> updated disc can be created. >>> >>> However, the DiskWarrior 4.4 application can be used with this machine. >>> You simply cannot start up the computer from a DiskWarrior disc. >>> >>> As such, you could utilize one of the following configurations after >>> utilizing the downloadable 4.4 updater (However, this will still not create >>> a disc that will start up your computer) at: >>> >>> http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/diskwarriorupdate.html >>> >>> (1) Alternate Startup Disk >>> >>> If you have an external drive such as... >>> >>> FireWire (PowerPC or Intel) >>> USB2 or newer (Intel only) >>> Thunderbolt (Intel only) >>> >>> Or a secondary internal drive or partition... >>> >>> You can install Mac OS X (the version which shipped with your computer or >>> higher) on that drive and start up the computer from the operating system >>> on the external/secondary device. Once you have started up the computer >>> from the newly-installed operating system, install DiskWarrior into the >>> "Utilities" folder (which is inside the "Applications" folder). Then, you >>> can launch DiskWarrior from the Utilities folder of the external/secondary >>> device to rebuild the directory of the computer's main hard drive. >>> >>> More information can be here: >>> >>> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718 >>> >>> (2) Target Disk Mode: Connect two Macs with a FireWire or Thunderbolt >>> cable (not all options will be applicable depending on the model of your >>> computer) where one is the "host" and the other is a "target". The host >>> Mac should be running OS X (10.4.x "Tiger" or higher). In this scenario, >>> the target Mac is the computer whose internal hard drive you want to >>> repair. Start by shutting down the target Mac. Then turn it on while >>> holding down the "T" key. The target Mac's drive will appear as an option >>> via the DiskWarrior interface. Run DiskWarrior from the Utilities folder >>> of the host Mac and rebuild the target Mac's disk. >>> >>> -- Marc >>> >>> >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Marc Moorash, Alsoft Technical Support >>> Email: [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
