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ALSOFT DISKWARRIOR REVIEW MAC OS XThe blame lies with Apple, who don’t currently seem very keen on third party disk utilities, even from vendors who have proved themselves trustworthy over the years since Mac OS X first shipped.When a disk fails or acts wonky-by not mounting when it should, or by disappearing from the desktop when it shouldn’t-the first thing I try is Disk Utility’s First Aid.įor one thing, it’s the only one of the three that doesn’t require you boot from a different disk to repair your startup disk (macOS High Sierra only). DiskWarrior clearly can’t do that - it’s entire reason for existing is that it was way better than anything that came with the machine.Īnyway, while it’s reasonable to wish for a new version with APFS support and without all the problems cause by SIP, it’s really unfair to blame Alsoft for any of this. Someone said Micromat has APFS support, but I think I’m right in saying that they just run Apple’s fsck tool in the APFS case (apologies to Micromat if I’ve misunderstood and they’re doing more than that). I used to run Coriolis Systems (now sadly gone), and it pains me to see that Alsoft is still stuck in the mess I was in before I decided to call it a day. ALSOFT DISKWARRIOR REVIEW SOFTWAREPeople need to understand that the problems with disk utility software on newer macOS versions are caused by decisions made inside Apple, not least the decision to ship a new file system that is still, AFAIK, not properly documented. Time to look into TechToolPro 13 to see what they can do. They've got zero information about having a newer version being able to talk to APFS and the lack of tech support tells me they are either winding down the company or, lack the resources to be of any real help.Īnd considering that since DW can't talk to APFS volume directories it wouldn't surprise me if their sales have gone to near zero. I replied back that the response was, "lazy", and never heard back. I put in a support ticket just 2 days ago for a little "bug" of an issue the response I got back was nonsensical and brief, as if the person who sent the reply just didn't care or, didn't feel like troubleshooting the issue. To be clear, DW WILL RUN on Catalina, and it can still fix HFS+ directories (secondary or external drives) but it cannot even talk to APFS much less fix it. Ever since then (2017) Alsoft has not been able to make a version of DW that can talk to an APFS directory. It then uses a fail-safe method of replacing the damaged directory to ensure that interruptions such as power outages won't harm your data.įor years DW has been the ONLY app that could fix broken Mac OS directories - that is until APFS. DiskWarrior verifies your repaired directory to ensure it is error free. ![]()
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