TechTool Pro 6 delivers hardware diagnostics, drive repair and daily maintenance for your Mac.
What's new in TechTool Pro 6!
TechTool Pro 6 is downloadable and can now test many more Macs, including yours.
eDrive
The TechTool Pro 6 eDrive can boot all the new Macs. TechTool Pro 6 now provides the ability to create an eDrive on the active system volume without having to boot to the TechTool Pro DVD. Note: This feature only applies to PowerPC and Intel-based Macs using Mac OS X 10.5 or greater.
Volume Cloning
Volume Cloning provides the ability to create an exact clone or disk image clone of a selected volume. Both of these formats can be utilized for backing up and restoring data and, in some cases, systems and applications. Cloning volumes can be helpful if you are upgrading from a smaller size hard drive to a larger hard drive.
Note: A Volume Clone of a bootable system provides a duplicate bootable volume. You can also boot to it and clone the volume back in case of an emergency. Also, a Disk Image Clone of a bootable volume, while not bootable, can be used to restore the system using Apple’s Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities).
Network Tool
The new Local Network tool, also located in the Tools category, monitors and displays the configuration of Bonjour enabled devices and services running on your local network. This tool lists the IP addresses of all the devices as well as the port number of any services running on the selected device. This information is important for strengthening security on a specific machine, Bonjour supported device or your overall LAN, and is also helpful in tracking what devices have been in use in the past that are no longer available since the last time monitoring was performed.
Drive Repair and Data Recovery-so you can get back to work.
Mac disk repair, identify bad blocks and the files that reside on them, recover deleted files. Volume cloning for backup. Create an emergency startup partition without requiring a physical boot DVD, exclusively via eDrive.
Testing, Maintenance and Optimization-to keep your Mac running smoothly.
SMART test drives (internal ATA, SATA or SSD's) to identify impending problems before a potential crash, prevent file access conflicts, and monitor LAN activity, services and device availability. Optimize to help speed up your Mac.
SMART test drives (internal ATA, SATA or SSD's) to identify impending problems before a potential crash, prevent file access conflicts, and monitor LAN activity, services and device availability. Optimize to help speed up your Mac.
Single-click Diagnostics so you can quickly identify impending problems.
Easy-to-use, one-click diagnostics scans critical CPU, memory, video hardware and more to identify aberrant behavior, providing ongoing protection and to help you mitigate issues and prevent costly repairs.
Easy-to-use, one-click diagnostics scans critical CPU, memory, video hardware and more to identify aberrant behavior, providing ongoing protection and to help you mitigate issues and prevent costly repairs.
* System Requirements:
- G4, G5 Macs, 867 MHz or faster; All Intel-based Macs.
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 or greater, including Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion'.
- Mac OS X 10.5 or greater for eDrive creation on active startup volume.
- DVD-ROM required to boot from DVD.
- 512 Megabytes RAM or higher.
*Note: Some models do not boot from the TechTool Pro DVD: more info.
TechTool Pro is Designed for the Novice, Yet Powered for the Professional
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Using TechTool Pro, you don't need to be an expert, everything is easily accessible from a single interface. One-click diagnostics will scan critical CPU, memory, video hardware and more to identify impending problems to help you prevent costly repairs. So while it's easy to use, TechTool Pro provides comprehensive testing that also delivers for the Mac professional. |
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Diagnostics and Repair Start with Check Computer to perform a complete diagnostics check of your Mac and hard drives. A single click of your mouse runs a SMART Check of your hard drive to detect impending drive failure, a RAM test, analysis of disk directories and more. If problems are found, advice is provided on how to proceed to repair the problem. Use Check Computer regularly as a part of your preventive maintenance program. See Check Computer screenshots |
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Volume Rebuild TechTool Pro will test and rebuild damaged directories on corrupted hard drives, and optimize the data directories when they are repaired. Volume Rebuild will display a comparison chart before directory data is replaced. Use Volume Rebuild to keep your drives operating at their peak performance. See Volume Rebuild screenshots |
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eDrive Using TechTool Pro, you can easily create an eDrive, a bootable Mac OS X partition on the active system volume, which can be used as an emergency startup partition or to perform regular maintenance on your Mac. The eDrive is based on your specific Macs system plus includes TechTool Pro's tools for Mac repair. Using the eDrive, there's no need to reformat or to boot from a DVD or secondary hard drive. See eDrive screenshots |
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Volume Cloning NEW! Volume Cloning creates exact duplicates of your volumes for trouble-free archiving to backup your data and applications. Cloning volumes can also be helpful if you are upgrading from a smaller size hard drive to a larger drive. You have the options of creating a duplicate of an entire disk, file syncing by adding only the changed files to a clone, or cloning to numerous disc image formats. See Volume Cloning screenshots |
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Volume and File Optimization TechTool Pro performs both file and volume optimization. File optimization defragments individual files on the hard drive. Volume optimization consolidates the free space on a hard drive. For full optimization, perform Volume Optimization after File Optimization. The resulting optimizations simplifies the file storage layout and may enhance the overall performance of your drive. See Volume Optimization screenshots and File Optimization screenshots |
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Data Recovery TechTool Pro helps you recover your data from corrupted drives or volumes that don't mount on the desktop to save the data to another location.† Use the Trash History feature to track the location of deleted files and increase the chance of their recovery in the case of an accidental deletion. See Data Recovery screenshots |
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Network Monitoring NEW! TechTool Pro will monitor the configuration of your local area network (LAN) by revealing the active services and ports on each selected machine or Bonjour supported device on your LAN. This information is important for strengthening security on a specific machine, Bonjour supported device or your overall LAN, and is also helpful in tracking what devices have been in use in the past that are no longer available since the last time monitoring was performed. See Local Network screenshots |
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Protection Preferences TechTool Pro includes the option to install the TechTool Protection system preference, where you configure automatic functions that operate in the background. In particular, you can configure Protection to track deleted files, monitor the free space on your hard drives, save backups of critical directory data to help with recovery in the event of drive corruption, and to monitor the SMART routines of your hard drives. If problems are found, Protection delivers onscreen and email alerts. See TechTool Protection screenshots |
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TechTool Pro 6 is feature-packed with benefits that all Mac users need for comprehensive diagnostics, repair, and maintenance. To ensure your Mac stays optimized and trouble-free, make sure you use TechTool Pro 6 regularly and keep your Mac running at peak performance every day. |
System Requirements:
- G4, G5 Macs, 867 MHz or faster; All Intel-based Macs.
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 or greater, including Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion'.
- Mac OS X 10.5 or greater for eDrive creation on active startup volume.
- DVD-ROM required to boot from DVD.
- 512 Megabytes RAM or higher.
*Note: Some models do not boot from the TechTool Pro DVD: more info.
†Note: Data Recovery may not recover data in all cirucmstances. For best results, enable TechTool Protection before data loss.