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Drive Scope use with external drives

I purchased Drive Scope and I am trying to get it to read my external usb and firewire drives. I am using os 10.11 El Capitan. I have attempted to use the website in the manual to install driver for...

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volume rebuild - insufficient work space to continue

hi, I got failed to rebuild the volume: MacBook Pro 13" 2017 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports (in short, the newest, touch bar model) Sierra 10.12.5 SSD two partitions: A: 200GB (66GB free) startup volume B: 32GB...

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Cannot mount dmg - message says either "corrupted" or "invalid checksum"

Tried downloading multiple times but cannot mount dmg because I get these messages.

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Update V8 eDrive to V9 without delete/recreate?

I have a perfectly fine V8 eDrive, on a relatively full SSD. I'd rather not delete and re-create it, given that it is contiguous now. Is there a way to simply update the files on it to TTP V9.5 (and...

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TechTool 9.5.2 Cannot restart on E-Drive...

I've tried many times to restart on the E-Drive that I've created on my external drive. No luck whatsoever. I've removed the E-drive and started from scratch but no luck. Every time I try to restart on...

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Apple File System (APFS) compatible with TTP 9.5.1?

HI, I tried to find out about compatibility with near future MacOS High Sierra. Is TTP 9.5.1 compatible with new Apple File System?

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strange warning with samsung 850 EVO 1TB

From day 1 I get a strange warning with this SSD built into my MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) in the slot of its former DVD drive. I did an extended offline test which reports "Completed without error...

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volume optimization makes full back-up of Time Machine

I made volume optimazation of my 3.5TB used USB HDD. then my mac's Time Machine began 3.5TB backup! it takes a few days and in fact, it seems to never ends, because my mac has been making the kerenal...

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Security Ordering Drive Scope?

I was about to buy Drive Scope (on my iMac, I have a Solid-state Drive). I was about to enter my credit card information, but STOP: I did _not_ see that the page was Secure. So I stopped post-haste...

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Protogo wont start

Have installed ProToGo on an external SS drive 250gb it will boot my laptops and offers TechPro as a choice after booting into "recovery" i click continue and nothing happens at all. all the other...

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TechTool Pro 9.x and High Sierra, OS 10.13

I just saw this on www.macworld.com: www.macworld.com/article/3199825/macs/ma...ecs-pricing-faq.html Was wondering if we could obtain some kind of status as to compatibility of TechTool Pro V9.x with...

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Optimization and volume rebuild of external drives

I was trying to do a volume rebuild and file & volume optimization on an external drive but I notice that none of my external drives show up in those tools. Only my internal drive on my 2012 iMac...

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How to use TechTool in PPC's and IntelCore?

I have a question about upgrading. What is the right thing to do in my case? First the history. In 1999 I purchased TechTool 3.0. for iMac Power PC G3 OS 9.2.1 both, run perfect to this day. In...

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How many bad sectors is reasonable before a drive should be replaced?

I have an 2008 iMac that I brought out of storage. It had not bee heavily used and sat in storage for a couple of years. I installed 10.11 on it and it ran fine for a week or so. Then it froze up and...

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drive scope does not work!!!!

OK this is really simple.... I did not find anywhere in the Drive Scope section where it said that the application (program \\ software) would NOT work with a MacBook Pro 2017... ====> Really this...

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Drive Scope Error on External Drive

Hello, I have not run any of the extended tests on any of my hard drives. This error shows up on the short test. This is a bus powered backup drive used for cloning. The manual says this could be from...

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Checkmate 1.1.7 has been released

From the Checkmate 1.1.7 release notes: Version 1.1.7 File Size 15.5 MB Release Date: 9/19/2017 How to apply this update: To perform this version update, launch the installed copy of the Checkmate...

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TechTool Pro unable to email failure notices

Updated to 9.5.3 and cannot send out test emails to either of my two email accounts. Read all the info on how to do it, despite being a user for years. Checked both gmail and iCloud addresses to be...

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How to use TechTool in PPC's and IntelCore?

I have a question about upgrading. What is the right thing to do in my case? First the history. In 1999 I purchased TechTool 3.0. for iMac Power PC G3 OS 9.2.1 both, run perfect to this day. In...

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Can TechTool Pro Check a MacPro Quad-Core 3,1 Early 2008 USB Drive?

I have TechTool Pro 9.02. Thinking of upgrading to 9.5, but I don't see anything about TechTool Pro checking the USB drives on my MacPro Quad-Core Desktop computer. Can someone please tell me if...

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