Macs have a reputation for needing little maintenance compared to PCs but after a while, it's inevitable that any Mac owner will start to run into problems.
Drive Genius is designed to repair damaged hard drives that may be causing problems or frequent crashes on your machine. However, it's also suitable for those that just want to keep their Mac hard drive in tip top condition catering for those that want to partition, defrag, and even copy the contents of their drive. If you need to test or benchmark your Mac, Drive Genius has a bench test and surface scan feature that allows you to scan for bad sectors that are causing problems. Finally, there's also a handy shredding tool for destroying files and documents that contain sensitive data.
What attracts most users to Drive Genius is the fact that it's one of the few Mac utilities that will physically scan for bad sectors. That's also accompanied by one of the best interfaces I've seen on a maintenance program for the Mac since the arrival of MacKeeper. Drive Genius has an animated user interface that's a little like cycling through albums in iTunes. Each of the functions such as Defrag, Benchtestand Scan animate when you select them. There's nothing complicated about executing each task either - just select the drive you want to scan along the left hand side and click Start.
There is little to fault with Drive Genius. Those using slower machines may have problems with the animated menu but you can deactivate it via preferences. Other than to check for regular updates, there are virtually no other preferences though.
Drive Genius is an elegant and comprehensive maintenance tool that should be able to eliminate those bad sectors that have been causing your Mac grief.
