No OS X Norton Speed Disk
Was anyone else extremely disappointed by the fact that Norton did not bother to give us an OS X native version of Speed Disk with NUM 7. They even went so far as to remove its button from the native Utilities launcher.
Their "solution" is to have users boot into OS 9 and use the included classic version of NSD (same version as before).
This solution DOES NOT work as advertised. Three times last night I tried to use Speed Disk 6.0.3 on an OS X volume, but it said that my B Tree Header was broken--run NDD, and tried to launch NDD 6. I quit NDD 6, ran NDD 7, and it said that my disk was fine. Back to NSD, no go. I really wanted to defrag my disk, so I formatted my system partition, reinstalled OS X, and this time NSD worked.
Hmmmm, I seem to remember many horror stories from people whose OS X volumes were damaged by NSD 6, now this is what Symantec calls OS X compatibility??!??!
One could expect this level of quality from a beta product, but from a shipping one (?!?), esp. one that accesses every file on your disk at a very low level, erases it, and deposits it somewhere else on your disk. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
Also, considering how OS X is a highly fragmented system install, and considering how an OS X optimization profile would have its files laid out in different places than the old classic profiles, one would think that an OS X Speed Disk would have been a high priority.
Grrrrrrrr.
Their "solution" is to have users boot into OS 9 and use the included classic version of NSD (same version as before).
This solution DOES NOT work as advertised. Three times last night I tried to use Speed Disk 6.0.3 on an OS X volume, but it said that my B Tree Header was broken--run NDD, and tried to launch NDD 6. I quit NDD 6, ran NDD 7, and it said that my disk was fine. Back to NSD, no go. I really wanted to defrag my disk, so I formatted my system partition, reinstalled OS X, and this time NSD worked.
Hmmmm, I seem to remember many horror stories from people whose OS X volumes were damaged by NSD 6, now this is what Symantec calls OS X compatibility??!??!
One could expect this level of quality from a beta product, but from a shipping one (?!?), esp. one that accesses every file on your disk at a very low level, erases it, and deposits it somewhere else on your disk. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
Also, considering how OS X is a highly fragmented system install, and considering how an OS X optimization profile would have its files laid out in different places than the old classic profiles, one would think that an OS X Speed Disk would have been a high priority.
Grrrrrrrr.
Comments
MacInTouch has a reader report today in which another user detailed his difficulty with having the NSW CD boot into OS 9 (it does not do X; you have to run NDD 7 and NAV 8 from the hard disk).
<a href="http://www.macintouch.com/systemworks2.html" target="_blank">Reader Report: Norton Systemworks 2.0</a>
PS AirSluf, you live in Monterey? You lucky dog! I got to live there for a year.
[ 04-01-2002: Message edited by: eizzumdm ]</p>
[ 04-01-2002: Message edited by: jimmac ]</p>
The good news is, in this same thread there was a comment from a Micromat rep who noted that Drive 10 will soon sport a disk optimization function (update is coming soon I guess), among other things I imagine.
Screw Symantec. They just don't give a crap (what else is new - already their products are "rebated" to get people to buy them...pathetic).
[ 04-01-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>
:eek:
If it was only a dozen they wouldn't still be in business. I know I've read the reports at Macintouch myself. But, I've used Norton on three different computers ( all Macs ) over the years and it's always been a life saver.
[ 04-04-2002: Message edited by: jimmac ]</p>
As for me TechTool Pro has been a much more useful, flexible and reliable product as far as Mac trouble-shooting. There's a reason why Apple's techy guys use TTP and not NUM...but it's good NUM has worked for you regardless.
<a href="http://www.macintouch.com/fragmentation.html" target="_blank">http://www.macintouch.com/fragmentation.html</A>
Seems is does AND doesn't help to defrag/optimise