![]() It is the decision of Data Robotics, Inc to not share the technical information necessary to safely support Drobo devices.Bug Fix: Possible spurious failures when defragging an 8TiB or larger volume.Bug Fix: Missing fragmentation information in the Defrag overview for volumes that contain a very large number of files (such as Time Machine volumes).Bug Fix: Stability improvements to DriveSlim™while searching and while slimming files.Bug Fix: The DriveSlim™ Universal Binary slimming plan could spuriously fail.Bug Fix: If DriveSlim™ found an application that matched multiple slimming plans and one of the plans was Universal Binary slimming, only the Universal Binary plan would be run on the application. Drobos are proprietary devices and due to the way they store and manipulate data on multiple physical drives, Drive Genius cannot safely manipulate that same data. (10.6.5+ only)Drobo devices are officially not supported for most tools. UFS volume support has been removed as Apple is moving away from supporting UFS.ExFAT volume support. The system startup volume can now be defragmented without the need of a DVD or alternate startup volume ("live" defrag).DrivePulse™ verifies the preference files of the logged in user and the global preferences located on the startup volume.DrivePulse™ displays visual error and warning status hints in its menu.Up to one month of DrivePulse™ event history can be browsed.Repartition offers the option to add HFSX volumes. Other than to check for regular updates, there are virtually no other preferences though.ĭrive Genius is an elegant and comprehensive maintenance tool that should be able to eliminate those bad sectors that have been causing your Mac grief. Those using slower machines may have problems with the animated menu but you can deactivate it via preferences. There is little to fault with Drive Genius. There's nothing complicated about executing each task either - just select the drive you want to scan along the left hand side and click Start. Each of the functions such as Defrag, Benchtestand Scan animate when you select them. Drive Genius has an animated user interface that's a little like cycling through albums in iTunes. That's also accompanied by one of the best interfaces I've seen on a maintenance program for the Mac since the arrival of MacKeeper. Initialize - Easy, high level OS X formatting to prepare new hard drives for use on your computer.What attracts most users to Drive Genius is the fact that it's one of the few Mac utilities that will physically scan for bad sectors.Details - In depth report of specifications and space utilization of all devices and OS X volumes.Removes all traces of data from free space and deleted files on any device or OS X volume Shred - Stop prying eyes with DoD compliant (5220.22 - m) secure erase. ![]() Partition - Add, delete, hide, expand or shrink OS X partitions so you can organize your data more efficiently.Sector Editor - Fine tune all aspects of your system with direct, advanced byte viewing and editing of all data on your drives, volumes and files (for expert users only).Surface Scan - Verify your hard drive’s reliability with a complete suite of non*destructive read verification tests for any drive or OS X volume.Benchtest - Make sure your hard drive performance is what it should be with comprehensive speed tests and graphical comparisons to other common configurations.Defragment - Get the most speed and efficiency possible by Optimizing your OS X volumes. ![]()
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