[X4U] Software list

[Randy B. Singer]

On Oct 26, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Peter Sealy wrote:

>> Will Diskwarrior 4 and Techtool 4 work with Leopard?
>>
>
> From what I saw on Macfixit the answer for both is NO, not yet.

 From my reading of MacFixIt, and from Alsoft's Web site, the answer  
for DiskWarrior 4 is "yes":

http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/support.html


> 10/26/2007
> DiskWarrior 4.0 will successfully rebuild a disk that has Mac OS X  
> 10.5 Leopard installed or a disk that has been attached to a  
> computer running Leopard.
>
> However, some operating system functionality has changed within  
> Leopard itself. As such, there are some compatibility issues when  
> running an installed copy of DiskWarrior 4.0 while started up from  
> Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Alsoft currently recommends that you do not  
> run DiskWarrior 4.0 while the computer is started from Mac OS X  
> 10.5 Leopard.
>
> Instead, to run DiskWarrior, you should start up the computer from  
> either:
>
> 1) A DiskWarrior 4.0 CD.
>
> 2) Any disk that starts up in 10.4.x and then run DiskWarrior 4.0.
>
> An updated version of DiskWarrior that has complete Leopard  
> compatibility will be released soon as a free download for existing  
> owners of DiskWarrior 4.0.


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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