Mac HelpMate 1.1 review
DownloadMac HelpMate was designed for all Mac users, power users, and administrators.
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Mac HelpMate was designed for all Mac users, power users, and administrators. Mac HelpMate contains powerful diagnostic features, such a s the ability to run SMART (S.M.A.R.T) tests, check temperature and hardware sensors, inspected installed packages, repair permissions, clean caches, remove unecessary trash files, asr multicast server, support for Growl notifications and much much more.
Mac HelpMate is an AppleScript that can perform system repair, info, optimization, diagnostics & tweaks.
What's New:
Packed preferences are now copied on launch with correct permissions
Failure to connect to the internet does not cause the display of a "generic" graphic but allows the subscriber's graphic to display
It is now possible to change the display graphic for newly downloads without affecting those already "in the field"
It is now possible to create multiple branded editions for each subscriber
Attempts to "fake" a branded graphic now causes the application to shut down
"Email my Tech" has a lot more detail (contact information, System Profiler Report)
User can now be prompted for a problem report while starting screen sharing
Basic (unauthenticated) Proxy server support for screen sharing/control
GUI enhancements for screen sharing (single button)
GUI enhancements for screen control (single button)
More streamlined GUI (some renaming/redesign of interface elements)
Preference to remember session length and longer maximum session length
Faster startup times
Integrated timer window for control sessions shows the session length from start to finish
Steppers in Auto tab now move smoothly and don't cause MHM to unexpectedly quit
Application will shut down if its name does not contain "Mac HelpMate"
replaced some old "beta" error message strings
Visual connection icon indicator and better error handling for debugging failed connections
"Maximize Speed" option in Control window maximizes bandwidth efficiency
Quality/Speed slider for Control sessions
Added [MHM] to the subject line for all emails to assist in whitelisting for spam filters
It is now possible to re-open the main Mac HelpMate window after closing it
Added keyboard shortcuts for Mac HelpMate Remote, Mac HelpMate Main, and Control Timer
Added Mac HelpMate Remote, Mac HelpMate Main, and Control Timer to the "View..." menu
It is now possible to drag and drop Security Secrets and Control Keys from the body of an email message as a single selection and have them automatically parsed into the correct text fields
Subscribers to Mac HelpMate Professional can now customize the behavior of the "Big Button" on the "Info" tab to either open a URL, send an email to a specific address, open the Mac HelpMate Remote screen sharing window, or do nothing
Failures to control a remote machine are now specifically identified either via a connection icon or specific error message that indicates the cause of the failure
HFSDebug menu choice now appears again on Intel Macs. Thanks to Amit Singh for updating his great binary!
Added "View Journal Buffer" to the HFSDebug window
Added "Total Free Extents" to the HFSDebug window
Added "In-Memory Mount Data" to the HFSDebug window
Help pages are now hosted on the web rather than contained inside the application (smaller application, faster downloads).
Requirements:
BSD Subsystem installed.
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