Stellar Drive Tool Box 3

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Drive ToolBox 3

Super speed up your Mac Optimize & manage hard drive efficiently Maintain data privacy and security Repair corrupt volumes Schedule important tasks automatically Clone & restore your drive and lots more Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 for Mac OS is a comprehensive toolbox to maintain and manage your system in the most efficient manner. Keep your mac healthy with this power packed maintenance and optimization utility. It is a set of 14 must have tools that can keep your Mac healthy. It optimizes drive performance, protects data and provides easy to use yet powerful features to save your precious time and money. By analyzing and repairing your drive’s volumes, Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 ensures optimum utilization of the available resources.

The powerful clean up mac options available in the Speedup Mac utility removes all your unwanted files, duplicate files, universal binaries and cache & temporary items, thereby providing free space and accelerates system performance. The Drive Defrag utility improves your drive performance by consolidating fragmented files & free space. It also has a clone utility which helps you to create a backup while migrating to new Mac. The multi-purpose Wipe utility guarantees permanent removal of deleted files, folders, system traces, internet activity, instant messaging and recent file histories from your hardhard disk. Maintain data privacy and confidentiality by completely erasing data beyond the scope of recovery. Expert users can also take advantage of the software for editing raw data and thus rectifying disk errors.

Advanced option provided in the software help to set schedule for wiping, select wipe algorithm, include file filter setting and set S.M.A.R.T setting like temperature warning, shutdown at critical temperature. In addition, Shield feature helps you recover your deleted files and take snapshots of system areas. It also performs media surface scanning and long term data integrity checks.


KEY FEATURES

All NEW Stellar Drive Toolbox is a set of 14 must have utilities to maintain, optimize, manage, & protect your Mac to keep it running as good as new. This toolbox includes utilities which will rejuvenate your sluggish Mac machine and optimize its performance. You can even manage your privacy by completely deleting confidential data from your drive beyond the scope of recovery. You can manage volumes, schedule important tools to run in a timely manner and constantly monitor the health of your drive. There is a whole lot more that this tool can do to enrich your Mac experience.

1 Introduction toStellar Drive ToolBox

1. Unpack StellarDriveToolbox.dmg.zip file. 2. After decompressing it, double click DMG file - This will mount a virtual volume - Stellar DriveToolBox. 3. Drag Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 file to Applications folder. 4. To launch the software, double click on StellarDriveToolBox 3 file in Applications folder. 5. This displays License Agreement. If you accept the License Agreement, then the software launches; otherwise it quits.


STEPS TO INSTALL STELLAR DRIVE TOOLBOX 3

Drag and drop Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 file from applications folder to trash.

UNINSTALL

Follow any of the methods listed below to run Stellar Drive ToolBox 3: o Double click on Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 file in Applications folder. o Double-click on Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 desktop shortcut (if it is created). o Click on Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 icon in the dock (if it is created).

STARTING STELLAR TOOLBOX 3

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSo Processor: Intel

o Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above

o Memory: 1 GB RAM

o Hard Disk: 100 MB of free space

2 Getting Started


3 Points of Interest

SpeedUp Mac: An optimizing tool that cleans up your Mac. A tool that helps you improve system performance by removing unwanted data & clutter from your Mac.Drive Clone: Helps you to create a replica of your entire hard-drive. You can also create a bootable backup image and use it to restore in case of a hard drive crash.Drive Monitor:Drive Monitor: A benchmarking & alerting tool to monitor your hard drive, check its performance, know its status & search for bad blocks.Smart Mac Care: It is a scheduler that can schedule important tasks to optimize your Mac’s performance, monitor your drive, remove confidential data from your machine beyond the scope of recovery & repair your corrupt volume.Drive Defrag: Drive Defrag: Improves your drive performance if you are experiencing slow system performance while writing large files or loading heavy files.Volume Repair: This module is a multi-purpose utility to resolve file system permissions and related errors. It gives an option to rebuild file system structure where repairing is not possible.Wipe: MaintainMaintain privacy & security by securely erasing confidential & private files beyond the scope of recovery. Remove internet browser and messenger history.Partition Manager: Resize boot volume partition without any data loss. Save time & manage, create & delete disk partitions. Data Encryptor: AllowsAllows you to securely protect sensitive files by encrypting them with an encryption algorithm of your choice.Shield: Module is pre-installed deleted file recovery utility that enables you to recover deleted files from hard drive.Smart Finder: AnAn advanced path finder for Mac to quickly locate files on your hard drive and open or remove selected files.Drive Initialize: Initialize a new hard disk by formatting it either in HFS+ or FAT32 file system.Raw Data Editor: Modify volume by editing raw data in hard drives or volumes.Benchmark: Run a test & compare your Mac with the prevailing standards.Run a test & compare your Mac with the prevailing standards.


4 Key Features


5 Version Comparison

Drive Defrag Improves your drive performance if you are experiencing slow system

Raw Data Editor Modify Mac volume by editing raw data

Drive InitializeInitialize a new hard disk by formatting it either in HFS+ or FAT32 le system

Shield Helps you recover deleted les from Mac hard drive

Data Encryptor Allows you to secure, protect sensitive les

Drive Clone Creates a mirror replica of your hard-drive

Volume Repair Multi-Purpose utility that is used to sort out le system related errors

Partition Manager Resize boot volume partition without any data loss

Speedup Mac Improve system performance signicantly by removingunwanted data

Wipe Maintain privacy & security by securely erasing les

BenchmarkRun a test & compare your Mac with the prevailing standards

Drive Monitor Monitor your hard drive & check your hard drive’s performance

Smart Finder Advanced path nder for Mac to quickly locate les on your Mac

Smart Mac Care A scheduler to maintain your Mac regularly


6 FAQ’s

I often see the beach ball spinning on my Mac and it is running very slow and erratic, what do I do?With Stellar Drive Toolbox 3’s Speedup Mac tool you can address this common problem very efficiently. You can erase all unwanted files like caches, logs, large files, duplicate files, language files, universal binaries, applications, widgets and plug-ins etc. that will improve your system performance drastically.

I want to sell my Mac however, it contains sensitive information. How to erase it completely?StellarStellar Drive Toolbox 3 offers a built in data wiping utility that wipes out your confidential data beyond the scope of recovery.

Can I resize my volumes without losing any data?Yes with Stellar Drive Toolbox 3 Partition manager utility you can safely resize your partitions without any fear of losing important data.

Can I schedule all important utilities to run automatically without having to schedule them individually?Yes,Yes, with Stellar Drive Toolbox 3’s Smart Mac Care tool you can schedule key maintenance tools to run automatically regularly.

Why are repairs needed for Mac volumes?Common computer problems such as power outage, hard restarts and system crashes can corrupt your directory. You can easily repair your damaged volume using Volume Repair utility in Stellar Drive ToolBox 3. This will help it run smoother and fix performance issues.

How to optimize your Mac's performance?Following are the ways to easily boost your Mac's performance:Following are the ways to easily boost your Mac's performance:• Clean out all the unwanted data.• Run maintenance checks on your computer. Lots of computer slow down (and lose memory space) because they don't have their cache cleaned out. Run maintenance application to clean out your cache, and to verify and repair permission.

How do I scan for bad sectors on my Mac's hard drive?You can use Stellar Drive ToolBox 3 to scan your entire hard drive. Following are the steps:1. Install Stellar Drive ToolBox 3.1. Install Stellar Drive ToolBox 3.2. Open the application and Click Surface Scan utility.3. You need to select the drive to be scanned.4. After scanning, if it finds any bad blocks, the block will be marked as red block


7 Additional Resources

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