Norton Utilities 8.0 (Mac)

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Product Features

• Maximizes PC performance; all components Mac OS X native
• Finds and repairs disk problems at the click of a button
• Alerts to potential problems before they cause trouble
• Rebuilds damaged disks; helps identify and recover vital files
• Defragments and organizes files; permanently removes sensitive info

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001CJEF4
• Item model number: 10219186
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 16, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,463 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Symantec’s Norton Utilities 8.0 for Macintosh maximizes your computer’s performance. It finds and repairs disk problems at the click of a button, and can alert you to potential problems before they cause trouble. Lost a file through a disk problem or accidental deletion? Norton Utilities can rebuild damaged disks, then help you identify and recover vital files. It also improves hard-drive performance by defragmenting and organizing files more efficiently. Now all components run natively on Mac OS X, and you can boot the Norton Utilities CD into either Mac OS X or Mac OS 9 during disk emergencies.

Features:

• New--all components are now Mac OS X native.
• New--the program CD boots into Mac OS X or Mac OS 9 to repair your hard disk, optimize files, and recover data.
• New--Wipe Info permanently removes sensitive information.
• New--you can schedule Speed Disk defragmentations to run at a time of your choice.
• New--the virtual disk function in Volume Recover allows you to quickly view the files you want to restore.
• Norton FileSaver and Volume Recover help you recover files from a wide range of built-in, portable, and removable storage media.
• Hierarchical recovery in UnErase lets you retrieve entire folders as well as individual files.
• Speed Disk allows you to create custom optimization profiles for digital video, MP3 files, games, and other specialized purposes.
• LiveUpdate downloads program updates and patches over the Internet to keep Norton Utilities up to date.
• You can schedule Norton FileSaver scans and LiveUpdate checks for whenever you want.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Norton Utilities sucks, January 11, 2005

By	Keri Alison "Keri Alison" (Galveston, TX) - See all my reviews

Do not buy this program. I bought this program for my boyfriend for christmas. Its not good at defragging (he had to do it twice in 2 weeks so far), and the disc utility can be harmful or even fatal to a mac computer. When we found this out it was removed right away. Also Norton is discontinuing the product and concentrating on making virus protection. Why is this being discontinued if its supposedly a good product? i promise if you get this program you will regret it.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Symantec itself has discontinued this program., September 24, 2004

By	idsaysbuy "idsaysbuy" (Montague, MA USA) - See all my reviews

Symantec (the makers of Norton Utilities) has discontinued this program so there will be no future development. Stay away from this faulty program and buy something better, such as Disk Warrior or Tech Tools.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Problems, August 2, 2004

By	David Lebovitz (Paris, France) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ran this software and it crashed my hard drive and deleted half of the data on my computer! It was a nightmare. All Mac users are now recommending Disk Warrier due to having the exact same problem as I did with Norton Utilities. Avoid!