Repair Tools

[geekhelp4u]

It seems that the repair tool of the week section is great for Windows Based OSes; however, it can be cumbersome to scroll through this list looking for OS X compatible tools. I propose we list the tools we use on the Macs here - and later we can request a sticky of the list in whole - or request an Apple Repair Tool of the Week section.

Please let us know your tools:

CCleaner
Avast!
ClamXav
Sophos for Mac
Dr Web Mac Edition
MacScan
VirusBarrier
iAntiVirus
Caffeine - prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep
FanControl
Carbon Copy Cloner
Time Machine Scheduler
Mac Janitor
Battery Health Monitor
Black Hole - Black Hole is a powerful application that allows you to clear sensitive information from your Mac with a single click.

Not a reapair tool but a great app: Connect 360 - Connect360 automatically indexes your iTunes and iPhoto libraries and shares them to your Xbox 360.

 

[comprx]

I had no idea ccleaner had a mac version. I am going to be using it later on my mac.

 

[anonymous Mac Tech]

It seems that the repair tool of the week section is great for Windows Based OSes; however, it can be cumbersome to scroll through this list looking for OS X compatible tools. I propose we list the tools we use on the Macs here - and later we can request a sticky of the list in whole - or request an Apple Repair Tool of the Week section.

To be honest, there really isn't much to list. OSX is very good at self maintenance. On top of that, much that is needed is included in OSX itself. For example, Disk Utility beyond checking/repairing file structure and permissions issues has very useful imaging capabilities along with image restore options which make even carbon copy cloner kind of just a possibility that doesn't really work any better. Then there are activity monitor, console, terminal, and migration assistant to name a few other useful utilities.

My main things are retail versions of installers loaded onto an external drive along with bootable systems for testing. The only real must have apps I use are DiskWarrior, Data Rescue 3 and istat pro. Other than that, anything else is for hardware diags available to AASPs.

Beyond that, I posted this a long time ago on another thread, but here is the most comprehensive 3rd party list I'm aware of for OSX utility apps, but I would'nt go as far as calling them must have repair tools or anything of the sort.

 

[psftjb321]

Drive Genius 3

Drive Genius 3 is a great overall utility that can, monitor the health of your drive, defrag, repartition, repair and more.