george@swbatl.sbc.com (George D. Nincehelser) (07/07/90)
I finally got my copy on July 5. I'm glad it was only $25 because I'm not too impressed by it. I've got a copy of SUM II that sits on my shelf most of the time. All I really use it for is to optimize my hard disk from time to time. (I didn't by it for backups. I got it free with a hard drive.) I looked at how Mac Tools handled disk optimization. I was really put off by the map I got of disk usage (maybe it's better in color?). SUM II's map seemed more understandable to me. I then tried Mac Tools' backup function to an Apple 40SC. Normally I use Apple's backup software since it's simple and it does what I want. I backed up my disk twice to compare their speeds. Apple's backed my 40 meg drive (about 75% full) in roughly 37 minutes. Mac Tools took about an hour (with data compression turned off and nothing else running under multifinder). Yeesh! For my purposes I guess I'll stick to Apple's software. Haven't dinked with any of the other features since I never used them in SUM II and don't see a need to start. My needs are simple. SUM II does everything I want and it seems easier to use, and the price was right (free)! Mac Tools seems OK, but it is just barely worth the $25 and the long wait. Any power users care to comment? -- / George D. Nincehelser \ uunet!swbatl!george \ / / Southwestern Bell Telephone \ Phone: (314) 235-6544 \ / / / Advanced Technology Laboratory \ Fax: (314) 235-5797 \ / / / /\ 1010 Pine, St. Louis, MO 63101 \ de asini umbra disceptare \
cantie@acsu.buffalo.edu (bruce n cantie) (07/14/90)
>I looked at how Mac Tools handled disk optimization. I was really put >off by the map I got of disk usage (maybe it's better in color?). >SUM II's map seemed more understandable to me. First off, the usage map is *much* better in color. I also have SUM II, and have used it to optimize my HD. For some reason it would never fully optomize he drive, it would go through about half of the drive (Apple HD40) and then quit telling me that it was finished. When I used MacTools to do the disk optimization I it told me that there was a problem, and what the causes might be. It also instructed me to use Rescue to repair the drive. I did this and found that there were two files that were marked as using the same block. To make a long story short, I fixed the drive, and the optimizer worked like a charm. It even put all of the applications together, and then the doc files. Well worth the $25!! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Cantie Internet: cantie@cs.Buffalo.EDU | I speak only for me, LAN Systems BITNET: cantie@sunybcs.BITNET | U.B. has nothing to 301A Computing Center BITNET: LSBRUCE@UBVMS.BITNET | do with it.