The utilities that get you out of trouble before you get into it
Public Utilities is a versatile and easy to use preventative maintenance, repair and recovery program. Unlike other disk repair and recovery programs which are used ╥after the fact╙, Public Utilities prevents you from getting in trouble in the first place.
Public Utilities automatically scans you disk in the background when your Macintosh is idle, looking for potential trouble spots, and detecting them before you even notice anything is wrong. And Public Utilities performs the most comprehensive disk check and repair of any disk repair or recovery program available today. Public Utilities also undeletes any files thrown in the Trash and retrieves text from damaged files. Public Utilities╒ optimizer is bulletproof. Even if you unplug your Mac in the middle of optimizing your hard disk, your data is safe - you won╒t lose a thing! Public Utilities assures that you can avoid, repair or recover from virtually any type of data loss or corruption on your disk, quickly, easily, and painlessly.
An Ounce of Prevention ...
Public Utilities╒ main focus is on preventive maintenance. Following the philosophy that it╒s easier to fix problems when they first begin that to recover data from a major hard disk crash, the Prevention control panel constantly monitors your hard disk, looking for potential problems. If an error is found, Public Utilities displays an alert and makes recommendations about fixing the problems.
Prevention only scans when your Mac is idle, so it won╒t interrupt your work. You decide how many minutes of idle time Prevention should wait before it beings to scan. When you activate your mouse or keyboard, Prevention immediately sops scanning so you can go back to work without any interruption. And Prevention remembers where it was so during the next idle period, it will pick up right where it left off. Prevention will only do one complete scan a day.
Find what╒s wrong and fix it
Public Utilities can find and correct common disk problems as well as trouble with damaged partition maps, driver maps, and drivers. It also checks the entire disk media and spares (or maps out) any bad blocks on the disk. Public Utilities can scan all drives or partitions in one convenient step instead of requiring you to scan each disk or partition individually. Additionally, Public Utilities checks for multiple System Folders, makes sure the System and Finder are the same version, and checks to make sure all the main files are in working order. You can also repair extensive damage to both the catalog and extend b-trees, which can result in data lost if not repaired.
Optimize, optimize, optimize
To maximize the performance of your hard disk, Public Utilities includes an optimizer to defragment files and relocate them, You can always manually check for fragmentation. However, Prevention automatically checks so that you don╒t have to remember to do it. You can even undelete files after optimizing. And Public Utilities has the only optimizer that is safe from power surges and outages. Not data will be lost - even if your Mac is accidentally rebooted in the middle of optimizing.
There╒s More
Public Utilities can recover text from damaged or unreadable files and will undelete files that have been thrown away. You can rebuild the desktop without losing file comments. And, Public Utilities includes a Launch Pad to give you quick access to the programs you use the most. Launch Pad will automatically install Public Utilities and other Fifth Generation Systems╒ products.
FEATURES
Prevention
Looks for potential disk problems
Detects many errors before you notice that anything is wrong
Scans disk in background during Mac idle time
Automatically checks disk fragmentation and recommends optimization when necessary
Repair Disk
Most comprehensive disk repair available
Checks the entire disk media for bad blocks, then spares or maps out any bad blocks it finds
Checks and fixes the driver map and the partition map, and checks the driver and repairs it if possible
Checks and repairs corrupted or damaged catalog and extents b-trees
Looks for multiple system Folders
Makes sure that all main files in the System folder have good resource forks
Checks every file on the disk looking for incorrect creation dates, modification dates, and bundle bits
Verifies the integrity of all files╒ resources forks
Lets you skip the time-consuming parts of the disk check, specifically the media check and the tile check
Able to check all the drives on the Macintosh at one time
Saves all information in a log that can be viewed and/or printed for reference
Can salvage files from a irreparably damaged or accidently erased hard disk
Lets you set up multiple scans for a disk(s) that appears to be unreliable or is suspected to be damaged,
Repair File
Recovers data from a damaged or unreadable text file
Lets you view he contents of the file before recovering the text
Automatically removes all non-printing or invisible characters from the text (Includes an option to display theses characters if desired)
Undelete File
Recovers deleted files
Sorts undeleted files by various criteria; file name, size, modification date, and percent recoverable
Allows you to preview the contents of deleted files before undeleting
Automatically filters out invisible files, unrecoverable tiles, and files deleted from the System folder (Includes an option to display these files if desired)
Optimize Disk
Defragments files and consolidated free space on the disk
Completely bulletproof
Undelete files even after optimization
Optimizes the startup disk
Expert Features
Easily rebuilds the desktop without losing file comments - on one step
Formats floppy disks and spares bad blocks in both System 6 and System 7
Get Info feature lets you edit type, creator, and attributes for files and folders
