Norton Systemworks 2.0 Mac

• Platform:   Macintosh, Mac OS X
• Media: CD-ROM
• Item Quantity: 1

The suite consists of four components:

Norton Utilities 7.0, one of the best known Mac disk utility packages, offers a full range of disk and file maintenance functions, allowing you to recover badly damaged disks, fix minor disk and file damage, optimise your drive by de-fragmenting files and applications and recover accidentally deleted files. If the worst happens, and you find that you can't even start up from your Mac's hard drive, the Norton SystemWorks 2.0 CD also works as a Start-up disk, giving you a chance to recover files and fix the damaged drive. Also included on the bootable CD is Alsoft Disk Warrior Recovery Edition, another powerful utility which has a great reputation for recovering files from hard drives that are severely damaged.

Norton AntiVirus 8.0 provides simple and comprehensive virus protection. Version 8.0 of the AntiVirus application not only protects you from a huge range of viruses, but will even scan e-mail attachments and file transfers as you download them, to prevent infected files from even reaching your Mac. The LiveUpdate feature keeps all the Norton applications and the essential virus definition files up-to-date by automatically checking for updates when you connect to the Internet, or at prescheduled times.

Dantz Retrospect Express makes backing up files an easy and logical process. Backing up your essential files is always advisable, but often difficult to do effectively. Dantz Retrospect Express allows you to automate the process, backing up to removable media such as Zip or Jaz drives, CDRW, another hard drive, or to an Internet archive with ease. The wide range of configuration options take some time to organise, but once this is done backing up becomes a single-click operation.

Finally, Aladdin Spring Cleaning allows you to keep your valuable disk space free by deleting unwanted and unused files, duplicate files, temporary Internet browser caches and it even removes unnecessary code from some software applications.

Currently some features of previous versions of Norton SystemWorks, such as Speed Disk do not run under Mac OS X. However, by booting your Mac from the Norton SystemWorks 2.0 CD all the features of Norton SystemWorks 1.0 are available, and work just as well on disks with Mac OS X installed.

Users of Mac OS 8 or OS 9 should note that the Norton SystemWorks 2.0 package includes Norton SystemWorks 1.0 for operating systems older than Mac OS X, so if you already own this version and do not use Mac OS X, Norton SystemWorks 2.0 offers no new features for you.

Mac users looking for a total troubleshooting and maintenance package for their computer will find that Norton SystemWorks 2.0 provides a solution that is hard to beat.--Daniel Jardine

Manufacturer's Description
Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 2.0 is the smartest way to keep your Mac at its best. This essential suite gives you five leading utility products in one convenient package-and they're all compatible with Mac OS X. Norton Utilities helps you optimize performance and solve problems easily. It can repair and optimize disks, recover lost data, and prevent future problems. Norton AntiVirus is the world's most trusted antivirus solution. It automatically finds and repairs infected files to keep your data safe and secure. Easy updating of virus definitions over the Internet keeps Norton AntiVirus prepared for the latest threats. Norton Utilities and Norton AntiVirus are integrated, with a single installation procedure and main menu. Backups are the surest way to make sure that your data is there when you need it most, so Retrospect Express Backup from Dantz lets you copy your files quickly and easily to a wide range of removable media. A special edition of Alsoft DiskWarrior helps you recover data in emergencies. And Aladdin Spring Cleaning allows you to safely and completely uninstall old programs and remove the clutter left over from your Internet sessions. Buy Norton SystemWorks today to protect your Macintosh from viruses and keep it running at peak performance.

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