As I mentioned last week, DrivePulse real-time monitoring is Drive Genius' best feature (at least in my humble opinion). As you may recall, DrivePulse monitors the health of all connected drives and ...

For anyone who has visited a Genius Bar lately at an Apple store, you know it is always a good idea to pay careful attention to the tools they use. Leaning over the shoulder of a technician, you might ...

If you want to keep your computer running in tip-top shape, then Drive Genius is something you should keep in your toolbox. This program is designed to provide professional-level diagnostics and ...

A hands-on look at the options and tools in Drive Genius 3 for OS X. Hard drive/storage malfunction is one of the more common computer problems. When it happens, it can be one of the most frustrating ...

Your Mac is meant to work like magic. But we all know that beneath the sleek silver there’s a complicated machine, one that needs to be taken care of if it’s going to last. Drive Genius is a popular ...

MacFixIt reader Joe Samuels provides a case example reinforcing the previously asserted recommendation that users produce a usable backup before attempting repairs with any drive utilities that ...

This post is brought to you by Prosoft Engineering, maker of Drive Genius 5. If you’re serious about taking care of your Mac, you probably use a variety of third-party applications. From VPNs to ...

When your Mac starts acting unreliably your first line of defense is Apple's Disk Utility, but that solves a small number of problems, such as permissions and disk verification and repair. A good ...

We have a deal for you today on the venerable Mac utility Drive Genius 5. This software helps monitor and manage your storage device and its files with 19 different built-in utilities. It’s $39 ...

Prosoft Engineering (www.prosofteng.com) has released Drive Genius 4.0.1, an update of its US$99 collection of software tools to speed up, clean up and protect your Mac. It’s a maintenance upgrade.

Prosoft Engineering on Tuesday announced the release of Drive Genius 2, a new version of its hard drive maintenance software for Mac OS X. Drive Genius 2 costs $99, with upgrades priced at $59. Drive ...

I've got a little story for you today of disaster and how Apple's customer service helped me get quickly back on line. Due to the fact that Mac OS X doesn't offer some of the file system primitives ...