SCSC Releases Phoenix version 2.1 OS Tool for Mac OS X

Reston, Virginia, based Software and Computer System Company, LLC (SCSC) has released Phoenix for Mac OS X, version 2.1 — an operating system tool that allows users to perform basic volume cloning, attempt data recovery from damaged drives, create emergency boot volumes, and re-install the operating system onto a new drive if needed. This particular release also has performance improvements specifically implemented to improve the product’s performance under El Capitan (Mac OS X version 10.11).

“With this release of Phoenix, we have improved the products performance when performing volume cloning and recovery options primarily under El Capitan,” says Bill Wagner, the owner of the company. “The performance improvements will also help speed up all operations on earlier versions of OS X, but they will be most noticeable under El Capitan. For users that already own a copy of Phoenix, they should receive an update notice via e-mail within the next few days. As usual, the update will be free of charge to currently licensed users.”

Phoenix was originally developed to do two things: perform basic volume cloning with user configurable recovery options, and create an emergency boot volume to host our Scannerz line of system and hard drive testing tools. The basic cloning option allows a user to clone one volume to another, and if the drive or SSD has problems, it can attempt to recover damaged files. If a file on a damaged drive or SSD can’t be recovered, Phoenix will flag it in a log file allowing the user to identify which files need to be replaced or completely discarded as appropriate.

Unlike other tools, Phoenix will not quit or give up if errors are detected, it will proceed with the cloning operation until all viable data is copied to another drive. In essence, Phoenix can step over the bad files allowing a user to get as much information off a bad drive as possible. Needless to say, if the source drive is in good condition, the operation is really just a normal volume cloning operation.

“The emergency boot volume, which we call a Phoenix Boot Volume is created by extracting the core operating system right off of an existing, installed operating system without needing to download a new OS copy or use install media. The boot volume can also be used to re-install the operating system by extracting the core operating system components from itself and then installing them onto another drive.” explains Mr. Wagner. “Phoenix is our second best selling product, right after the Scannerz line of products. Many people simply want a simple, low cost tool to do basic cloning and liked the idea of having one that could still access a drive or SSD that’s having problems.”

Phoenix may be obtained as a standalone product for $13.95 (USD) or as part of the either of the fully featured versions of Scannerz, but not Scannerz-Lite.

Software and Computer Systems Company:
http://scsc-online.com

Phoenix 2.1 for Mac OS X:
http://scsc-online.com/Phoenix.htmls

Scannerz for Mac OS X:
http://scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html

Purchase:
http://shop.scsc-online.com

Source: Software and Computer System Company, LLC