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Phone support?

Does Micromat still have phone support, or did they get rid of that as well? What it their upgrade policy? Free upgrades between full numbered versions?

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TTP 12 Fails to Run Volume Structure Test on APFS external volume

I understand now that File and volume optimizations are not available for APFS volumes, but it is disappointing to find that TTP 12 cannot run the Volume Structure Test to check the integrity of the...

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SAT SMART drivers prevents extended media keys from functioning -3rd party...

After a nightmare few days i discovered the SAT SMART driver completely stops extended media keys on (for example) our Microsoft 3000 keyboards being recognized by mac osx (10.13) Please be aware...

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Volume Optimization taking a very long time

I have a couple of SATA hard drives internal to my Mac Pro, one boots to High Sierra and the other to Sierra. I have TTP 11 installed on the High Sierra drive from which the computer is now booted, and...

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Drive Scope: Conflict between Attributes and Self Test

I ran Drive Scope on an external drive. The "Attributes" tab shows 2 issues: 1] A 187 error Reported Uncorrectable and 2] A 188 Command Time Out. However, when I run the "Self-Test" (Short Offline) I...

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Failure to Start Up

I just upgraded my MacBook Pro (mid-2012) from TTP11 to 12. When I try to open the application, TTP appears in the Menu Bar but nothing else. No window. No way to open the program.

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TT12 Protogo disk not booting correctly

I just upgraded to TechTool Pro 12. Running on a MacBook Pro 2.9 (late 2012 model; running Catalina 10.15.2; with 768GB SSD internal drive.; and Thunderbolt and USB ports) Created Protogo startup drive...

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some features wont work on APFS formatted drives..

wish I knew the version 12 upgrade would not be able to run some tests on APFS formatted drives... I would have not bought the upgrade... I'm running Mojave... with some features not working, its a...

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Mojave 10.14.6 and TTP 12 - eDrive, Protogo, Main Boot drive disappeared

MacPro - 2013 trashcan. Updated OS 10.12 to OS 10.14. success. updated Adobe CC apps. success. time machine back up. Tried to create a new eDrive, successive failures. No additional information just -...

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Proper formatting for eDrive?

I am operating on Mac OS 10.15.2 (Catalina), and am using TechToolPro version 12.0.1. Which is the proper formatting to use for creating a TTP eDrive on an external USB drive — is it APFS or HFS+...

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Misdisplay of eDive icon (Catalina 15.2 / TTP 12.0.1)

macOS Catalina 10.15.2 / SSD APFS / TechTool Pro 12.0.1 I created eDrive. When I boot from eDrive, the eDrive volume icon appears as a common folder icon. Checking the .Volumelcon.icons, it was normal...

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TTP12 Volume Structures Test hangs at "unmount" of an already unmounted...

I just upgraded to TTP 12 and I want to repair a RAID volume that won't mount, the Partition check passes but I want to check the volume itself, but the Volume Structures Test starts at "unmounting...

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Techtool’s Cloning Tool Reliable?

Hi all, I’m wondering if Techtool’s Cloning Tool is a safe , reliable solution to clone my old boot drive on my 5,1 Mac to a new SSD? Anything I should know about?

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Protogo drive greyed out in startup disk preference pane

Hi I have created a Protogo (MacOS X Basic) disk on a flash drive. According to the information in the Techtool 12 manual: "Once Protogo has finished configuring your device, it will be visible in the...

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TTP 12 Protogo Fails to Partition Flash Drive

Went to recreate a Minimal drive configuration on an 8 GB flash drive that formerly was configured by TTP 11 with the equivalent configuration. It failed on the first step, repartitioning the drive,...

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some features wont work on APFS formatted drives..

wish I knew the version 12 upgrade would not be able to run some tests on APFS formatted drives... I would have not bought the upgrade... I'm running Mojave... with some features not working, its a...

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Protogo usb not booting very slow after created

Created Protogo usb then when booting to it, it will show the boot process but very slowly then not go any further when it seems it is done..and won't boot after..stays stuck on boot process...any help...

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Checkmate no longer running

I have just noticed that Checkmate (1.1.8 (3317) has completely stopped working. I am running Catalina (10.15.1) on an old (mid 2012) MacBook Pro with a new SSD (APFS). The check is set to be made...

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Download Folder on Dock lost can TTP Data Recovery put it back - NOPE

This is something I have never seen before. I downloaded a song from Amazon (MP3) and it went into my download folder on the dock. Then automatically iTunes opened up, and zip dee doo dah .. it went...

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Check for Update not showing minor updates

Hi guys, I have 11.0.4 installed, and would like to update to 11.0.6. My check for update only currently shows the upgrade message for Techtool Pro 12, and doesn't show 11.0.6 anywhere. Fixable? Thanks!

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