Auto Check

Automates Apple's Disk First Aid (a free program distributed with the Mac OS) to check all disks at once, except remote and read-only volumes and any you exclude. A complete run through a typical configuration takes less than five minutes. The importance of something like AutoCheck, maybe placed in the Mac's Startup Items folder, is that most users run Disk First Aid or a similar utility only when experiencing problems. But a lot of disk damage is incremental, and early detection and repair can be crucial to safeguarding data. By itself, Disk First Aid takes several steps to run. AutoCheck automates the entire process, with several convenient options. It stops and posts a dialog only if a disk error is found. Otherwise, it runs and then quits Disk First Aid and itself by the time you've gotten a cup of coffee, and your Mac has a clean bill of health. Users say: "Cool! . . . very fine! . . . excellent! . . . very useful . . . works like a charm . . . great . . . Popular Download [Download.com] . . . a great utility . . . it works perfectly . . . nifty script for teching your Mac! [MacScripter] . . . 4 out of 5 cows [Tucows] . . . Popular [ZDnet.com] . . . I like it. You can write a simple script to do this, but his additions make it work much better . . . neat . . . giving this away is a wonderful thing for the Mac community . . . I love AutoCheck . . . I have been using AutoCheck for over a year and am very pleased with it . . . thank you for automating this housekeeping chore, which otherwise would rarely get done . . . I have greatly enjoyed AutoCheck . . . Many thanks for a very useful tool . . . Thanks for your cool stuff!" Free. New in 2.4.2: bug fixes. Requires OS 7.5 through 9x and two scripting additions: Akua Sweets 1.4.3 and Dialog Director 0.7, both free for personal use. Thank you, John Rethorst