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* Disk First Aid 8.2: Read Me * US Apple SW Updates: Available Online
Name: Disk First Aid Version: 8.2 Released: June 15, 1998
Requires: Disk First Aid 8.2 is intended for 68040 and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers using Mac OS 8.1. Disk First Aid 8.2 has been tested only with the U.S. English version of Mac OS 8.1.
Description: Disk First Aid is a utility that verifies and repairs some problems that may occur on your hard disk drive. This version of Disk First Aid repairs some kinds of damage to a Mac OS Extended volume caused by disk repair utilities that are not compatible with Mac OS Extended format. Note that Disk First Aid may not be able to repair all problems caused by incompatible disk repair utilities, but it will make the hard disk icon available on the desktop again, so that the hard disk can be reformatted and the data restored from backup. For complete information, please see the documentation included with this software.
Instructions: This software consists of a self-mounting Disk Copy compressed image (.smi) file. Download this software to your hard drive and then double-click it to use it. You do not need Disk Copy to access .smi files.
The URL to find this TIL article is: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n30567
--------------------------------------------------------------------- MOD 16332 US Apple SW Updates: Available Online
This document serves as an index to the Domestic Apple Software Updates areas located on America Online and the Internet. The first part of this article: Article Change History, lists the most recent changes to the Software Updates. The second part is an alphabetical list of the software updates, along with the current location.
Most recent changes: 15 Jun 98 - Disk First Aid 8.2 09 Jun 98 - Drive Setup 1.5 21 May 98 - Network Assistant 3.5 Beta (Network Assistant 3.5b12.img) 15 May 98 - ASIP 6.0 Beta Seed 1 15 May 98 - MessagePad 2000 Update 2.1 - (MP 2000 2.1 717260 US) 14 May 98 - Apple Displays 1.6 14 May 98 - ISO 9660 File Access 5.0.2 05 May 98 - AppleShare Utilities (Client Setup, IP Mail Tool, User & Group Mgr Lite) 01 May 98 - AudioTuneUp 2.0 Information
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