As I mentioned last week, Drive Genius’s DrivePulse real-time monitoring is its best feature (at least in my not-necessarily-humble opinion). As you may recall, Drive Genius’s DrivePulse monitors the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have always partitioned my PowerBook’s hard drive, usually with 80 percent dedicated to my production environment and around 20 percent reserved for software testing and general dorking around. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...