Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) #5: Official word on DiskWarrior compatibility; DAVE compatibility coming in August

Official word on DiskWarrior compatibility Yesterday we reported on some potential issues with the current version of Alsoft's popular DiskWarrior utility and Mac OS X 10.4.

We've now received official word from Alsoft about Tiger compatibility. A representative writes:

"The current version of DiskWarrior (3.0.2) will not cause any harm when run on a disk with Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) installed. Of course, it is always recommended that you rebuild your directory before doing any operating system install, especially a major upgrade such as 10.3.x to 10.4.x.

"In many instances DiskWarrior will rebuild the Tiger directory successfully. In certain configurations, DiskWarrior will return the message: 'This disk appears to have a newer version of the Mac OS disk format than this version of DiskWarrior.' Older versions of DiskWarrior may simply indicate that the disk cannot be repaired.

"We have addressed the Tiger-specific issues and will have more information once Mac OS X 10.4 is officially released. Please check our website after the coming weekend.

DAVE compatibility coming in August We previously noted issues Thursby's DAVE 5.1 under Mac OS X 10.4.

Now Thursby has issued a press release stating that a Tiger-compatible release will be issued in August. The statement reads

"We have been working closely with Apple for the past year to ensure a timely delivery of our new releases. The vastness of Apple's enhancements to critical parts of the system (both the kernel dealing with network transports and the file system) are requiring a major effort to obtain compatibility.

"Our target dates for FCS of ADmitMac v3.0 is August 8, and for DAVE v6.0 by the end of August. These dates are also dependent on a future release of the Mac OS that includes a critical bug fix that has been acknowledged by Apple."

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