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SilverKeeper 2.0.1
Automates backups to external storage devices like hard drives, network drives, and other removable storage devices that have IDE, SATA, eSATA, IDE/ATA/ATAPI, SCSI, USB, or FireWire interfaces more>>
Automates backups to external storage devices like hard drives, network drives, and other removable storage devices that have IDE, SATA, eSATA, IDE/ATA/ATAPI, SCSI, USB, or FireWire interfaces. SilverKeeper can make bootable backups, volume backups, and folder backups. Backup destinations can be other hard drives or network shares.
TechTool Pro 4.5.3
TechTool Pro - Hard drive repair & maintenance tool more>>
TechTool Pro 4 now features a suite of S.M.A.R.T tests (Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology).
Most modern hard drives now support this industry standard that employs predictive diagnostics and analysis to help foresee a drive failure BEFORE it happens. TechTool Pro 4s SMART test allows you to automatically monitor this vital data and be forewarned of impending danger to your data, allowing you to back up critical information before disaster strikes.
The eDrive feature allows you to create an invisible emergency volume from your existing drive. This new partition is created WITHOUT the need to reformat your current drive and allows you to store a copy of your system, a copy of TechTool Pro and even allows you to make room for other utilities.
If you ever have trouble with your main drive, simply restart your computer and your system will start from your Emergency Drive giving you immediate access to the utilities youll need to resurrect your main drive. Now theres no more need for a bootable CD or ancillary hard drive for system drive repair or maintenance.
With the power of Mac OS X, TechTool Pro 4 is now the fastest version of the program weve ever made. With Mac OS Xs native multitasking capability, TechTool Pro 4 can now run its full battery of tests simultaneously. This means that repair and maintenance chores that once took minutes will only take seconds.
TechTool Pro 4 now offers a new optimization feature for your Mac OS X drive. The Mac OS X system contains thousands of files that fragment quickly. TechTool Pro 4 lets you quickly and safely unfragment these and other files so your system runs reliably at its peak.
SMARTReporter 2.4.1
SMARTReporter delivers a fully functional utility which is designed to warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! more>>
SMARTReporter 2.4.1 delivers a fully functional utility which is designed to warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending hard disk drive problems.
SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always displayed through the customizable menu item.
Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your FireWire hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple. Please note that a S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn't mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. catch all possible HDD errors - it's just a very valuable indicator.
Enhancements:
- Fix a issue with the new e-mail sending through Mail.app would not work with multiple recipients
- Fix a problem with the french localization (thanks to Amalrik Dumas)
- Some smaller fixes and additions
Xtra Drives Icons
Hard drive icon set with nature surface designs. more>>
VST USB Hard Drive 1.0.1
VST USB Hard Drive - driver for the USB hard drive more>>
This driver provides support for ATA and ATAPI storage devices using the ISD725, ISD200 or ISD300 USB Bridge chips.

OhMy! Cyclop Mac Drives 1.0
A set of 6 amazing 3D icons for you hard drive as a complement of the recently released OhMy! Cyclop for OSX. more>>
This set contains the following icons: Leopard Drive, Yellow Drive, Red Drive, Green Drive, Blue Drive and Black Drive.
World of Aqua: Rev 2 Drives
14 sleek hard drive icons. more>>
LaCie Biggest F800 1.40
LaCie Biggest F800 - Firmware for the F800 hard drive more>>
Enhancements:
- Fixed PATA hard drive detection issue.
- Fixed allocation ID issue of Hard drive, if move one of hard drive of F800 to another F800 After rebuilding the F800 cant recognize the hard drive.
Apple Hard Drive Update 2.0
Apple Hard Drive Update is a mighty effective program that reduces certain infrequent noises made by 7200-rpm drives. more>>
Apple Hard Drive Update 2.0 is a mighty effective program that reduces certain infrequent noises made by 7200-rpm drives.
These drives shipped with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/Hard Drive Update.app). The updater will launch automatically when the installation is complete. New Hard Drive firmware will be: 0007APM2
JBrowser X 1.0b
JBrowser is a simple image browser based on the file system on the hard drive more>> JBrowser is a simple image browser based on the file system on the hard drive.
Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
Apple Hard Drive Update X 1.0
Apple Hard Drive Update X - Improve the longevity of some hard drives more>>
Most drives do not need this update. You can check the drives in your computer by running this update. If an update is needed, you will be given a chance to quit and perform backup before continuing with the update.
Apple Hard Drive Update Classic 1.0
Apple Hard Drive Update Classic - Improve the longevity of some hard drives more>>
Most drives do not need this update. You can check the drives in your computer by running this update. If the update is needed, a message will appear which says that "one or more hard drives in your system need updated firmware. " You will be allowed to quit (cancel) at this point in order to complete backup prior to the actual update.
Apple Hard Drive Update G4 1.0
The Hard Drive Update 1 improves the longevity of some hard drives shipped in certain Power Mac G4 computers, including: Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) more>> The Hard Drive Update 1 improves the longevity of some hard drives shipped in certain Power Mac G4 computers, including:
Power Mac G4 Cube
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
Most drives do not need this update. You can check the drives in your computer by running this update. If an update is needed, you will be given a chance to quit and perform backup before continuing with the update.
Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later.
MyMP3 1.0
MyMP3 - background application that searches for mp3 files on your hard drive more>>
Access it through your internet browser at http://your_ip_address:65000.
Drive Health 1.0 rc
Drive Health is a widget designed to check the health of your hard drive more>>
Know before your drive fails that there is a problem! Using a utility from the smartmontools project, this widget gathers and shows your hard drives vital stats and a thumbs up (or down!) on the overall health.
As far as I know, this only works with internal ATA hard drives (which nearly all Macs have).