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2023-09-22 IntegrityChecker (icj) Java Release 3.0 fc34
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2022-04-23 Reader Question: “Will DiglloydTools work with macOS Monterey?”
2017-12-01 Reader Question: Testing More than One New Drive with DiskTester
2017-05-24 Reader Question: Testing More than One New Drive with DiskTester
2016-11-30 Reader Comment: DiskTester
2016-04-17 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive in 2009 Mac Pro Internal Bay (DiskTester fill-volume)
2016-01-24 diglloydTools Updated to version 2.2.13
2015-11-14 Real-World Drive Speed with 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive (DiskTester fill-volume)
2015-11-13 Real-World Drive Speed with 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive (DiskTester fill-volume)
2015-11-13 Testing Hard Drive Consistency for a RAID
2015-09-05 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID , or just Finding Dud or Flaky Drives in a Batch
2015-08-11 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2015-01-12 Reader Feedback: “WORTH it. My drive (SSD) is back and so is my productivity”
2015-01-09 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2014-11-21 What an Impaired SSD Looks Like
2014-11-02 diglloydTools DiskTester, IntegrityChecker, MemoryTester — Works Fine on OS X Yosemite
2014-06-21 Reader Question: “A way to make DiskTester iterate test for 50 times or more?”
2014-06-21 Reader Feedback: “WORTH it. My drive (SSD) is back and so is my productivity”
2014-06-08 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2014-06-08 diglloydTools Updated to version 2.2.7b1
2012-11-18 Reader Question: DiskTester and OS X Cache
2012-10-08 Media integrity and performance verification— one of many reasons to use DiskTester
2012-06-22 OWC 960GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD — Breakthrough SSD Capacity!
2012-04-04 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive for 16TB Inside a Mac Pro
2012-02-16 Hitachi Coolspin 4TB Hard Drive
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2010-04-13 New Apple MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5, i7 CPU
2010-02-07 SSD slowing down? Speed it up with DiskTester 'recondition'
2009-11-03 diglloydTools for performance and reliability
2008-09-26 DiskTester and diglloydTools now part of DAP
2008-07-04 Testing New memory and hard disks
2008-01-29 New Mac Pro? Why you should be using DiskTester
2007-03-04 Severe FireWire performance bug on Mac Pro
2007-02-12 SanDisk Extreme IV 8GB card
2006-11-23 Maxtor MaxLine Pro 500GB drives in 2-way stripe
2006-05-15 DiskTester 2.0 released
2006-03-01 Universal Binary DiskTester
2006-03-01 Purchasing a new MacBook Pro? Laptop hard-drive speed.
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How to erase and partition drives..
Larger drives are faster..
SSDs or hard drives for fast single-drive or RAID volumes in a portable enclosure..
Reviews of Thunderbolt products..
Ultra high speed robust pro-grade external SSD..
Dual-drive Thunderbolt + USB3 user-selectable RAID..
RAID reliability in easy to configure 5-drive enclosure for full-size hard drives..
High-end computing moves to the iMac form factor..
Suggestions for setting up your Mac for performance and data safety..
Networking as fast as an SSD!.
Special Report: Upgrade Now or Wait?.
How fast and reliable can RAID-0, RAID-5 and RAID-6 go using an 8-drive mini-SAS box and a hardware RAID card?.
SSDs and thumb drives..
Various SATA and USB SSDs..
Fast and durable, enterprise-grade solid state drives..
Many brands of solid state drives put on a good show when new, but some degrade with use..
Choosing and using solid state drives..
Apple’s fastest Mac as of Jan 2013?.
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro Retina Display..
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro (non Retina)..
A review of Apple’s first Core i7 laptop..
A review of eSATA cards for the MacBook Pro..
Reviews of various hardware and software..
Performance and use..
Outstanding high-capacity enterprise hard drive..
Technical performance data..
Using Apple’s Fusion drive technology..
More technical details about using Apple Fusion..
2023-09-22 IntegrityChecker (icj) Java Release 3.0 fc34
2023-08-03 IntegrityChecker (icj) Java Release 3.0 fc32
2023-07-28 IntegrityChecker (icj) Java Release 3.0 fc31 + DiskTester Java and other tools
2023-07-25 diglloydTools DiskTester Java to Debut Soon
2022-04-23 Reader Question: “Will DiglloydTools work with macOS Monterey?”
2017-12-01 Reader Question: Testing More than One New Drive with DiskTester
2017-05-24 Reader Question: Testing More than One New Drive with DiskTester
2016-11-30 Reader Comment: DiskTester
2016-04-17 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive in 2009 Mac Pro Internal Bay (DiskTester fill-volume)
2016-01-24 diglloydTools Updated to version 2.2.13
2015-11-14 Real-World Drive Speed with 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive (DiskTester fill-volume)
2015-11-13 Real-World Drive Speed with 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive (DiskTester fill-volume)
2015-11-13 Testing Hard Drive Consistency for a RAID
2015-09-05 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID , or just Finding Dud or Flaky Drives in a Batch
2015-08-11 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2015-01-12 Reader Feedback: “WORTH it. My drive (SSD) is back and so is my productivity”
2015-01-09 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2014-11-21 What an Impaired SSD Looks Like
2014-11-02 diglloydTools DiskTester, IntegrityChecker, MemoryTester — Works Fine on OS X Yosemite
2014-06-21 Reader Question: “A way to make DiskTester iterate test for 50 times or more?”
2014-06-21 Reader Feedback: “WORTH it. My drive (SSD) is back and so is my productivity”
2014-06-08 Testing Multiple Drives for Consistency for a RAID or Similar
2014-06-08 diglloydTools Updated to version 2.2.7b1
2012-11-18 Reader Question: DiskTester and OS X Cache
2012-10-08 Media integrity and performance verification— one of many reasons to use DiskTester
2012-06-22 OWC 960GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD — Breakthrough SSD Capacity!
2012-04-04 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive for 16TB Inside a Mac Pro
2012-02-16 Hitachi Coolspin 4TB Hard Drive
2011-11-16 Media integrity and performance verification— one of many reasons to use DiskTester
2011-10-10 Yes, diglloydTools Works on Mac OS X Lion (and Mountain Lion)
2011-07-24 Mac OS X Lion and diglloydTools
2011-05-19 How to Test Your 6G or 3G Solid State Drive (SSD) for Consistent Performance
2010-10-30 Reader Feedback on Mac Pro Setup and more
2010-08-30 2010 Mac Pro Remains Bus-limited With More than Two Fast Solid State Drives
2010-05-29 Restoring solid state drive performance with DiskTester ‘recondition’
2010-05-28 Media integrity and performance verification— one of many reasons to use DiskTester
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