Micromat TechTool Pro 4 Mac :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
This is the eagerly anticipated Universal Binary version of TechTool Pro that will run on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. It fully supports the hardware changes introduced to the Macintosh platform with the introduction of the new MacIntel chipsets. All of the features of the program that were previously available for PowerPC based Macs are available for Intel-based Macs as well. This includes the innovative eDrive (emergency startup partition) feature of the program, found nowhere else. In addition to Universal Binary support, the new release will also include some significant program enhancements, including improved Disk Controller test routines. Unlike most application software, more than a simple re-compile of the program was required to support the new Intel-based Macs. Because TechTool Pro works with the computer hardware at the lowest levels, it was necessary for Micromat to completely re-engineer the software from the ground up. In order to support the new models, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is required to run the program.
TechTool Pro ships on DVD for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. The DVD will automatically boot the correct system version.
No product comes close to TechTool Pro for ensuring that all of your hardware and software is operating at peak performance. No other software gives you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your valuable data is protected by the latest technology. With a single mouse click, TechTool Pro can automatically run a series of sophisticated tests that will troubleshoot almost any problem you are having with your Macintosh.
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Customer Reviews

Tech Tool Pro

2007-12-18
Tech Tool Pro is a great utility to have on hand for those days when diaster strikes. It's like a mini insurance policy for your system.

Does not play well with Leopard...

2007-11-22
Normally a good product, but be careful, it does not work with Leopard. As of this date there is no patch or fix available from the manufacturer.

LOVE IT, but enough w/the security already.

2007-10-27
I loved tech tool but having to re-verify every time I use it is a MAjOR pain.

TechTool Pro 4

2007-10-21
This product provides Mac OS X users with
most of the tests necessary to find out
where the problems are. The eDrive part
makes it very easy to check source volumes
and to Optimize your hard drive.

TechTool Pro for MAC

2007-08-31
This tool already paid for itself. My HD would not boot due to some bitmap errors. Fixed them with TechTool. Saved me time and mondy.

TechTool Pro v4.6.1 will not work with Mac OS X 10.5

2008-07-20
I've had Tech Tool Pro from the start. I thought it to be essential. Not so as it will not work for me with Mac 6S X 10.5.

I have a G-Drive 500 GB exterior hard drive. It is the item 4.6.1 cannot deal with. I have just run a complete defrag of the G-Drive in this, my 20th or so attempt to get 4.6.1 to run. Running the medium program, as recommended for periodic maintence, it runs to Volumes, Volume Structures (for the G-Drive) to the point of Catalog File (B-Tree) number 1394362 of 2604014 and freezes. Nothing clicks. The computer must then be completely shut down then restarted in order to get the disk to eject.

This completely worthless. And to think I paid an upgrade from 4.5 only to get the code more perfectly written to serve the Intel processors. My unit is still a Powerbook with G4 chip.

And to think I paid for the 4.6 then the announcements about 5.0 began with explanation mmost all of us would have to pay for an entire upgrade again.

If Micromat thinks we will all be sheep & buy 5.0 they have another thing coming.

Do NOT waste your $$$$

2008-06-06
To begin with, TTP is not by any means the only game in town. It is however, going to be the the most expensive or completely useless. Micromat will be happy either way. As a current Micromat customer, I am the proud owner of an expensive utility that worked for all of two months. Leopard broke it completely. When Micromat updated their utility to be compatible with Apple's current OS, they wanted all of us to pay them again. They simply renamed the "update" from "Techtool Pro 4" r4.5.3 to "Techtool Pro 4" r4.6.1 an "upgrade". They're also calling their all new "Techtool Pro 5" an "upgrade". Do yourself a favor, buy Diskwarrior and you'll only have to pay for it just the one time.

excellent service

2008-04-25
received shipping notice right away. did not receive my software for like a month. emailed amazon and they sent another one right away.

Unsafe program sold by sleazy jerks

2008-03-21
I purchased this product and it worked for a while, then leopard came out and I needed up purchase a upgrade disk for 25 bucks plus shipping, no download offered. Then after "optimizing" my harddrive I had to reinstall leopard because my permission were broken beyond the repair of disk utility. When I tried to contact their technical support they made me register the product, which is fine, then enter a registration number which I didn't seem to have, so no help for me. Now they're advertising techtool 5 and despite the fact that I'd purchased the product only one and a half months ago they told me I would have to purchase yet another upgrade to get the latest version; so I tossed away the upgrade money for nothing.

Disk utility is fine for disk maintenance, for SMART monitoring I suggest iStat pro. Don't buy this or anything from micromat.

Solid program

2008-02-21
I recently went in to my neighbhoord Mac place (not an Apple store) where the fix-it guy said that they didn't sell software like TechTools anymore because OS X was too hard to make repairs on your own. I had used TechTools with previous Mac OX versions and found it helpful, so I didn't believe the guy. I purchased TechTools through Amazon. Even so, I had to go 50 miles to the nearest Apple Genius Bar because I was definitely having significant issues with an iBook G4 that I couldn't quite figure out. The tech got it running, for free I might add. Then I ran the tests and things in TechTool Pro 4 to get the machine back in shape. It has run smoothly for awhile.

MicroMat also has a pretty good forum where employees answer questions relatively quickly.

I do think that running TechTools on occassion probably would have helped me avoid the previous problem. I think, for the price, buying and using TechTools is like added insurance.