MICMAC  they were quite good for Classic. Since OSX, they are a pain in the back. Avoid them if you don't want to corrupt your disks :-(  
(Version 8.0.2)

GEOBULGA  Symantec is showing its poor commitment to Mac users' needs by having no longer upgraded Norton Utilities for Mac.

That's why I no longer upgraded Norton Antivirus and I suggest everybody does the same.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  memo from cost accounting: Tiger 10.4 came out over 2 months ago...  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Really, Norton Utilities 8.0 don't work Panther 10.3.9. I don't recommend.  
(Version 8.0.2)

DON  Now that Panther is 10.3.7, live update fails to work and Personal privacy control fails to work. I have used Norton Utilities for years and years. Guess the end of the line is with 802.  
(Version 8.0.2)

GORDO  I've used every version of Norton Utilities for Macintosh starting with 3.0 or 4.0 up to 8.0. and never had trouble. Disk Doctor worked. Then I got 8.0. It, too, worked for months without a flaw on 3 different drives. Then, on a drive it seemed fully compatible with, one day the drive unmounted while I was "fixing" it from the booted Norton 8.0 CD. There were some files not backed up, but under 5-10%, and no problem to replace. An Apple Authorized Dealer's repair person, who I believe,

took the machine it was on & thoroughly tested it, then reported (in effect), "I can see the drive but it's

flawed & not worth repairing". So, in my case, was it sick drive, sick Disk Doctor, or.....? But I'm sticking with DiskWarrior in the future, even though it repaired the drive's directory just before I ran Norton Utilities, and pronounced the repair successful.  
(Version 8.0.2)

GANG-RAPED MAC  Mac + Norton = Disaster!

Whatever was I thinking ?!?!?!?!?  
(Version 8.0.2)

JEFF  Anybody FOOLISH enough to install ANYTHING that has the Norton name on it deserves all of the headaches that WILL undoubtedly come!

Norton stopped even supporting their hacky, crappy software a few months ago for 10.3...these hacks shouldn't even be allowed to sell for OS X if they aren't going to support

If I could give minus scores for value and stability I would!

There are a few other utilities out there worth the $...this is not one of them!  
(Version 8.0.2)

MR. NICE GUY  IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE UNLUCKY PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER SEES ANY OF THEIR HARD DRIVES IN ANY NORTON TOOLS, HERE IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS!

ENABLE YOUR ROOT USER ACCOUNT (APPLICATIONS>UTILITIES>NETINFO MANAGER.

LOG OUT.

LOG IN AS ROOT.

REINSTALL (THERE IS NO NEED TO UNINSTALL FIRST). YOU'LL BE INSTRUCTED TO RESTART. DO IT.

LOG IN USING YOUR NORMAL ACCOUNT. EVERYTHING SHOULD WORK AT THIS POINT!   
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I hate them. I hate them. They STOLE my rebate, which was fraking APRROVED and will not send it to me. Those theives. I hate them Don't buy jack from these crooks.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I had a few issues with it when I went to Panther, Then I got them to send me a CD of 8.02. Since that update things have been okay.   
(Version 8.0.2)

NORTONFAN  Nortons was an 'essential' purchase when we all used to run OS 9, these days its simply not needed! Hence...... they have stopped making it! Use Diskwarrior, it solves problems (if you ever have them) and doesn't make a mountain out of a mole hill!....

Nortons need to re-evaluate what they are doing, there are loads of better products out there... Virex is better, Disk warrior is better, little snitch is better.... (and they are all cheaper) COME ON NORTONS...... MAKE SOME GOOD PRODUCTS AGAIN.......remember when you we great?!  
(Version 8.0.2)

JEEPEE  Don't buy this!!! Symantec has announced to stop the product! It will probably also stop supporting existing users, but that's something I don't know...  
(Version 8.0.2)

NO LONGER A NORTON FAN  I can't even review NUM 8.0.2 because with my old 8.0 disk I cannot launch the program under Mac 10.3.2. Therefore I can't even use live update to download the 8.0.2 updater. Ther is no information whatsoever on the Symantec site regarding this issue. I'd give Symantec a ZERO on this one.  
(Version 8.0.2)

FAYSAL  There's little more I can add to the reviews already up on this lemon of a product, except to reiterate:

None of my internal or external drives on any of my 3 (THREE!) computers shows up in Disk Doctor's window. In the past I had "fixed" this by booting in OS9, running a Norton disk check, then returning to OSX to mirculously find my drives suddenly appearing. Now with Panther and Systemworks 3, even this hokey approach fails.

Norton keeps coming up against an "unknown error" that prevents it from completing a scan on my disks (this is when I'm booted in OS9 to get Doctor to work). The Symantec website proposes that this is the result of a basal directory flaw which can only be fixed by reformatting the drive and reinstalling all my system and other software.

After reading some of the reviews about this program on the web, my answer is:

Take your unknown error and stuff it. Then unstuff it then stuff it again.

Write a program that works like it's advertised to.  
(Version 8.0.2)

FREON  This program is a FRAUD. Do not buy. Like so many customers I bought every version of Norton for years. THIS IS THE BIGGEST FRAUD on the market. There should be a class action lawsuit. I lost days trying to figure out what was wrong with my 2 brand new G5 computers. I spent days trying to repair and repair again. I spent nights staying up till dawn wondering why the formerly trustworthy Norton Utilities kept finding major errors. Guess what? THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY COMPUTERS AT ALL. It is worthless. DO NOT BUY.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ARYUGAETU  Worthless, and possibly DANGEROUS to your hard drive!! When you (re)start Mac OS X, it AUTOMATICALLY checks your directory and makes any necessary repairs. The only recommended preventive maintenance you need to do is to perform a "Repair Permissions" in your Disk Utility program (located in Applications/Utilities), especially before and after installing software (you can continue to use your Mac while it does this). That's it!! Apple and UNIX do an excellent job of maintaining your hard drive without any outside help, this includes compiling/optimizing it on-the-fly. In terms of a virus checker, there are NO Mac OS X viruses!! These checkers just look for the 70,000+ Microsoft viruses in your email that you might pass on. It's a waste of you and your processor's time.  
(Version 8.0.2)

TRULY PISSED  I can't believe that a product (Norton Utilities) this weak and dangerous to the general public is still around. Trusting in all of the positive glows on this product (probably paid for), I purchased version 8 for my MAC with great enthusiasm. Within 30 minutes (of frustration), my drive was taken care of by this wondrous technology. It is currently being assessed by a Data Recovery Team $$$$. At first I felt like a fool but I am discovering the many postings about this program. I love how you have to pay this company for them to tell you their product screwed up your drive and that you will need professional help. Thanks but if I had professional software I wouldn't be in this mess.

Assholes

T  
(Version 8.0.2)

JW  This program is a joke. Fool that I am, I keep coming back for "one more update" and it has yet to see my HD since switching to OS X - 4 years ago (I was a beta tester before it was released). Now come on, you can't tell me anyone at Symantec actually beta tests this stuff. How could they? How could they access a HD that isn't showing?

Like many before me have said in these reviews, I too was a VERY loyal OS 9 customer, but just like with my other favorite OS 9 software (Quickeys) Norton never got this one to perform anywhere near the OS 9 level. If they can't get a HD icon to show, how can they actually take our money? And what's with paying for these rediculous updates that do nothing different?. Those people that talk about other parts of the program that did work... why would we think anything else would work if Disc Doctor can't?

Too many other great programs that do it right. Invest your hard earned money on them and stay clear of this mess. They've had 3 years to get it right. If ya can't get it done by then, call it a day.  
(Version 8.0.2)

IAMBLANK  About the only thing worth running from Norton is AntiVirus (not really sure about that, as I've only seen a few viruses on my macs over the years) and Speed Disk.

Alsoft's Disk Warrior 3.0.1 is the current version for disk repair utiliities. I've found that when things go downhill with my drive running Disk Warrior, Speed Disk and repair permissions works wonders.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  My Live update also refuses to 'update' this componant, but I'm not going to bother. Norton systemworks caused 'extent allocation overlaps' which required Discwarrior to repair. Whilst the optimiser and virus checking parts seem to work ok, I've disabled all the so called repair utilities - they really are very dangerous and definitely do damage your system very seriously.Avoid.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF NORTON UTILITIES!!!!!!!

I've talked to lots of system administrators and also some hard- & software consultants, all told me the same thing: do NOT use Nortone Utilities!!!!!

NU has ruined all my MACs so far so that i had to reinstall Mac OS X, it only worked under Mac OS 9.

And btw: program updates are always very late for european users!

Instead of Norton Utilities and Norton Firewall learn how to use UNIX-Commands for repairing your HD, NU definitely won't do any good to your MAC.  
(Version 8.0.2)

APPLEWIZZY  The other people who have been writing inb on Norton Utilities 8 are essentially correct. Using Norton * will HOSE an OS X Panther install requiring it reinstalled. The era of System utilities that "patch" system software such as what Norton does is over done and finished. This worked on OS 9 or earlier classic Mac OSes, but iks so unworkable due to the complexities of unix based OS X as to be a frightening thing to do to your Mac. THE software you want for OS X utility repair is Alsoft Diskwarrior, as this rebuilds and replaces an optomized system directory rather than trying to endlessly patch the unix code. That's ALSOFT DISKWARRIOR!!!!!!  
(Version 8.0.2)

NORTON R.I.P.  Can you spell s-u-c-k-s? Because that has what has happened to all Norton products. I am sure that Norton is in collusion with Microsoft to destroy MAC's with their now useless apps. The era of Norton for the MAC is over. I updated to 8.0.2 and it hangs every bloody time when using it.  
(Version 8.0.2)

DAVID G.  Have a G4 with OS 10.3.2 and Norton Utilities 8.01 installed. When I do a LiveUpdate I recieve the following message 'UPDATING ERROR: THERE WAS AN ERROR PERFROMING THE UPDATE."  
(Version 8.0.2)

BLUERIDGE  I purchased this product as an upgrade directly from the company a month ago, expecting to get 8.0.1 on CD. What arrived was 8.0 CD, which is totally useless on Panther. It calls out hundreds of false errors. If you want to talk to someone in support, fork over another $29 per phone call. I ended up returning the product for a full refund (less $9 shipping). I have used Norton Utilities since version 1.0, and it used to be a great product on OS9, but I won't purchase this product until the CD in the box is compatible with Panther. If you do purchase this product, see if you can find out what version of the CD they are shipping.  
(Version 8.0.2)

MJACKSONGP  It is well known that Norton has not come to the Panther party. Why do we even consider this product anymore? I am old enough to remember when Norton saved by bacon in the old days. Now if you are using FileVault, it comes up with numerous spurious errors and if you follow its instructions you will mess up. Symantec's website is a mass of corporate and PC information, with mac products clearly a distant cousin and hard to find. The new TechTool is very slow but reliable, and DiskWarrior is my hero.  
(Version 8.0.2)

MACMEND  I love it, the reviews on here make me laugh...NU wrecked my disk, I would assume you had a problem and then ran NU. So your disk was already messed up.

or you ran NU but didn't have a problem? Why? I'm looking through the instructions, can anyone tell me where it says if you don't have a problem run Norton utilities.

So I guess thing are a little slanted. I have used Nu for over 11 years and NEVER had a problem with it in all its guises...Diskwarrior however which i also use and like has given me problems. Techtool was always better at fixing media with physically damaged blocks. and how long did it take them to get techtool 4 out (zzzZZZ) and drive 10, fsck -y was free how much was drive 10?

Norton Utilties/diskdoctor/speed disk etc seems to do what it say on the tin, and the undelete is still good. To be honest like most of these thing now, there is probably a command line that can do the job, but we are a little slow or too lazy to learn *nix.

Further back someone slagged Norton Anti Virus...look maybe mac viruses are few and far between, but they can pass on PC viruses to other PC users (oh great for you wondoze haters) except most of these little monkeys are designed to grind the internet or parts of it to a halt, how much of that spam comes from these damned PC viruses.

Oh come on guys wake up and smell the virtual coffee!  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  This may be hard to believe, but I'm old enough to recall the time when Norton Utilities was a functional, very useful product!  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Windows version is good and can fix a lot of problems, but it was not very good in OS 9 and it is useless in OS X. Worts, it can damage a good drive. Applications like Disk Warrior or Data Rescue are more useful with a Macintosh. We simply don't need Norton Utilities / Antivirus on a Mac, no use of that...  
(Version 8.0.2)

JOEL NELSON  Norton Utilities can fix a lot of problems... but it also seems to CREATE some other problems. I've switched to TechTool Pro 4 since it seems to do a better job with my hard disk.  
(Version 8.0.1)

MR MUSIC PRODUCTION  I've just downloaded the 8.0.1 update to go with the Norton utilities 8.0 I got off of Limewire so it can run in Panther. I would never pay for Norton stuff, absolutely butchers data in OSX, I only use it for the Speedisk app to defrag my Audio partition ,never use Disk doctor , Speedisk or any other Norton utilities app on my OSX volume..... If you've a problem with your drive get Diskwarrior 3 can't recommend it highly enough...Now i did pay for that!At the moment though you have to run it from the CD in Panther as Alsoft are in the proceess of writing a free updater for all registered users  
(Version 8.0.1)

JENNIFER  Norton functions adequately, but the cost-benefit ratio is not there. First of all, with each OS release by Apple, Norton essentially requires an update to its product. At $70 to $100 per year, that is a considerable investment. Given there are cheaper options (Drive 10, TechTool, etc.) that are equally reliable, it makes Norton a poor investment for the long haul. Norton also prices its Mac software higher than its PC software. True, there's a smaller market for the Mac stuff, but the volume on Windows sales gives Norton profit enough. Ever since I had a comlete hard drive data melt-down caused by Norton on my old PowerMac 6500, I have been increasingly suspicious of this company--and the high price of upgrades compared to the benefit has effectively swayed me away from this product permanently.  
(Version 8.0.1)

PREPRESS  Bla, Bla, Bla and Bla! I did install this utility 8.0.1 and use it across our complete system of G4 and G5 CPU's and guess what! It works perfect, better then "Drive 10" and their new updated Pro Utilities! This Norton Utilities 8.0.1. is great stuff! Highly recommended!   
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Joshua,

Nobody cares.  
(Version 8.0.1)

BASTICH  Ok lemme get this straight... I but a copy of Utils 7.0, and because Apple updates their OS to 10.3 I have to buy Utils 8.0 in order to continually enjoy the benefits of the software I already paid you for once? How about a FREE update for Utils 7.0 to make it Panther compatible? Too much to ask? I mean, Jaguar had such a short life that I only got about 7 months out of y money with the 7.0 verion. I feel a bit buttf**ed...  
(Version 8.0.1)

JOSHUA COVENTRY  I'm sorry guys, but you were too late releasing this update for me, i have already gone out and bought Drive 10 which works fine even though it wasn't/hasn't been tested/made for Mac OS X 10.3.

I no longer use Norton because it caused me so much hassle.  
(Version 8.0.1)

CHARLES WHITMER  This update actually fixed the problem of Norton Utilities not seeing my hard drives. Everything seems to be working for me in OS 10.3.2 on an iMac 800mhz, iMac DV SE 400 mhz & 500mhz, and a Pismo PowerBook 500mhz. No problems so far.  
(Version 8.0.1)

READUP!  Symantec's Mike Romo offered tips for resolving recent problems with the company's utilities:

"I work with Symantec's Macintosh department and wanted to let readers know that if they are experiencing issues with the updated versions of Norton Utilities, they should run the following command in the terminal:

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

This should solve their problems with Kernel Panics and volumes that do not appear. We have a posting in our knowledge base as well:

No disks appear in Norton Disk Doctor, UnErase or Speed Disk window after updating to Norton Utilities 8.0.1

In addition to the issue with Norton Utilities and not being able to see disks once the application is updated, some of our customers are reporting problems (specifically, kernel panics) with Norton AntiVirus and AutoProtect.

Error: "Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect could not continue..." or kernel panic on startup after updating to Norton AntiVirus 9.0.1  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Symantec Norton Utilities is truly the most useless software of the year. It breaksdown with every new MacOS X updates. In many cases it does not see any of the mounted harddisks. Symantec on line support offers suggestions that often do not work. To top it all, Symantec Tech support just repeat the solutions!! listed on the website after that theyb always tell you "your OS is corrupted"

I used Norton Utilities since version 1.0 for the Mac. Since MacOSX, Norton could never figure out how to write a functional software.  
(Version 8.0.1)

CHUCK  The update took 2 passes.

However, what had prevously been a trouble free and effective utility is now useless- None of the updated suite of utilities detect volumes!

It is simply-- broken.  
(Version 8.0.1)

MARC0  I didn't realize URL's didn't show. In any case, go to TidBits.com and look for an article titled "Shootout at the Disk Repair Corral" by David Shayer comparing Norton Disk Doctor tool in Symantec's Norton Utilities 8.0 ($100), Alsoft's DiskWarrior 3.0 ($80), Micromat's Drive 10 1.1.4 ($70), SubRosaSoft's DiskGuardian 2.2 ($70), and Apple's Disk Utility (free).

Marc0  
(Version 8.0.1)

MARC0  I'm am tired of everyone's unfounded whining. People, take a tip from a real professional whom rates things without bias:

Shootout at the Disk Repair Corral

David's article is great, and should help you make up your mind... without the crying.

Marc0  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  I have been a long time supporter of Symantec products - dating back to the late 80's, but I must agree with the comments listed in this section - this company lost it's affectiveness, once MAC went to OS X. Let's see... that's been what? 4 years now? (I was a beta tester so I am counting that time as well).

Over the past few years, Norton Utilities has generated more problems that fixes, resulting usually in the hard drive being reformatted.

For those of you looking for two excellent products that will keep you computer running perfectly, I highly recommend SYSTEM OPTIMIZER 4.1 and PANTHER CACHE CLEANER - both are available through MacUpdate, by the way.  
(Version 8.0.1)

DAN  Ummm... where is the update? it's not on the site and it's not coming up in Liveupdate. I agree that it's been waaayy too long for and update. I should have bought Techtool Pro 4. :-(  
(Version 8.0.1)

FORMER SYMANTEC USER  The worst ever. They never got up to speed when OS X came into being.  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Lack of support for Panther more than a month after release is totally unacceptable. Don't support these guys!  
(Version 8.0b)

DUDEL D.  Nortons politics is an insolence. Expensive products, but no updates. Norton is completely useless for Mac users.  
(Version 8.0b)

NO NORTON PANTHER  What has happened to Norton Utilities? No Panther compatible version(s). No updates. No nothing. I guess the Windoze world is Norton is loss forever. Do people remember where Norton first started? It ain't where its at now.  
(Version 8.0b)

ANONYMOUS  Rather useless piece of software, especially for $100.00. I am rather upset at the price I paid without a boot disk and really lousy instructions. It also does not seem to work well with journaling enabled. Go figure.  
(Version 8.0b)

ANONYMOUS  Really bad application. The Norton Disk Doctor destroyed all the customised icons of my HD. after updating mac OSX to 10.2.8, I had to reinstall two computer because of "Missing components" from Norton.

It was an expensive product. Just one advice : DO NOT BUY !!!  
(Version 8.0b)

THEL  Thanks for posting the removal instructions! (Hoping I won't need them, though. (-:)

I've depended on TTP & DW for diagnostics and used only the Wipe Info, Fast Find, and Speed Disk NUM components for years; have avoided potential conflicts in 9.x by moving Norton Shared Lib into the Norton Tools folder, rather than Extensions, and that's worked fine.

I still prefer Speed Disk's optimization, and it appears from Symantec's page that the X-native NUM 8.0 has been released. Needless to say (but must!), I'm VERY nervous about "kext poluting" my new Jaguar (10.2.6), so I didn't upgrade to 7.0 nor try the 8.0 beta as of yet.

It was fairly easy to install the 9.x versions of NUM then just remove the unwanted utilities, but I'm fairly sure that won't be the case with the X versions. If anyone has installed the final 8.0 release, I'd appreciate knowing whether it might offer a Custom Install option. (Yes, I do shell out $49 _JUST_ to get each new version of Speed Disk. (-8=)   
(Version 8.0b)

ANONYMOUS  WORTHLESS!

The uninstall process takes forever and, if done wrong, causes more problems than the installation.

The Symantec website - which is a pain to navigate - has very detailed instructions on how to remove this in their support section. Here's a sample:

When uninstalling a Norton Product, the uninstaller does not remove the LiveUpdate and Norton Scheduler components of the software. Because these components are shared with other Norton products, you must uninstall them separately. You will not want to uninstall LiveUpdate or Norton Scheduler if you have any remaining Norton products installed on your computer. Follow these steps to uninstall LiveUpdate and Norton Scheduler:

NOTES:

You must have Administrator rights to uninstall. If you are the only one using this computer, you should have Administrator rights.

You must uninstall any Symantec products.

To uninstall any Symantec products:

1. Double-click on the installer for the Symantec product that you want to uninstall.

NOTE: This is on the CD for the product, unless you downloaded the software. If you downloaded the software, then the installer is wherever you choose to save it.

2. Type in your Administrator password or phrase and then click OK.

3. Click Continue, then click Accept, and then Continue.

4. In the upper-left corner where it says Easy Install, click and choose Uninstall.

5. Click Uninstall in the lower-right corner.

6. Click Continue to automatically quit all other running applications.

NOTE: Be sure to save anything you are working on before continuing.

7. Continue with uninstallation until it has completed. Once it is complete, click Quit to close the installer.

To manually uninstall LiveUpdate and Norton Scheduler:

1. Open Norton Scheduler. It is located in the Norton Solutions folder in the Applications folder.

2. Select a Scheduled Event and click Delete. Click Delete again when you are asked if you are sure you want to delete this task.

NOTE: This must be done by every user if there are multiple users for this computer.

3. Repeat step 2 for every Scheduled Event.

4. Quit Norton Scheduler.

5. Click the Go menu, then Applications.

6. Drag the Norton Solutions folder to the Trash.

7. Click the Go menu, then Home.

8. Double-click Library, then double-click Application Support.

9. Drag the Norton Solutions Support folder to the Trash.

10. Click the Back button to go back to the Library folder.

11. Double-click the StartupItems folder.

12. Drag the NortonMissedTasks folder to the Trash.

13. Click the Finder menu, then click Empty Trash. If you are asked whether you are sure you want to empty the trash, click OK.

14. Click the Go menu, then Applications.

15. Double-click the Utilities folder.

16. Double-click Terminal. This will open the Terminal window.

17. At the prompt, type the following. It must be exact:

sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/SymOSXKernelUtilities.kext

18. When you know you have typed exactly what is shown above, then press Return.

19. At the password prompt, type in your login password, and then press Return.

20. Quit Terminal.

You have now successfully uninstalled LiveUpdate and Norton Scheduler.

Sounds like fun, doesn't it?  
(Version 8.0b)

ANONYMOUS  NU cause heap big problem. no really... it is sad, but true. there is currently NO really functional hard disk utility that runs well under x. The NU7 patch that is supposed to fix the "no volumes showing" bug under 10.2 doesnt fix anything; diskwarrior is second to unusable; drive 10 cant even fix the most basic of hd problems; techtool 4 isnt here yet.... i guess you do in fact have to format your drive and reinstall everything if you want to make sure no so called hd utility causes more damage to your disk than actually fixing stuff...  
(Version 8.0b)

TIRED OF BULL  This GDPOS! crashed in the middle of optimizing! just like that POS Drive 10, is there nobody that can make a simple disk utility that is stable at the very least!!! I will never spend another dime of any of these companies again, I will erase my drives and reinstall my entire system and software collection when needed. too bad there is no option fop minus 5 stars for stability  
(Version 8.0b)

SEBASTIAN KNIGHT  I like the new interface, real test will be starting up from CD.  
(Version 8.0b)

MAXIMUS  Norton Utilities cause more problems in Mac OS X than it solves. I'll wait for DiskWarrior and TechTool Pro to come out. Besides, my computer runs just fine, that is until I ran Norton. Good God how it screwed up my system. And when you try to delete it, good luck. Not only does it screw up your system, but it leaves hidden files for you to find. I love system utilities, but this one is not good if you are a Mac user. =  
(Version 8.0b)

ANONYMOUS  I cant wait for the final... This sounds really great!!!!  
(Version 8.0b)

PAUL W  The 8.0 beta is great! Volume Recover runs in OS X now and you can schedule defragmentation to run automatically. The only thing that I would like to see added to this feature is the ability individually schedule multiple disks (with different defrag profiles for each disk -- iPod, multimedia, etc.).  
(Version 8.0b)

BOB  It doesn't work at all, won't recognize the hard drive!! "Foreign file system" it said when I did a Get Info on the HD from Norton... how's that for dysfunctional software?? C'mon Symantec, get your Mac act together and write for OS X!!  
(Version 7.0.3)

JOHN WEAD  Basicly this is the lowdown, NU sucks. It destroyed my computer. I use it now only for media and files repair. I use disk warrior to fix the directories. all norton products are not ready for 10.2.4. Dont bother with NU for os x users anymore. use diskwarrior and if u want use NU for file and media repair.  
(Version 7.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  DON"T BUY THIS!!! Norton sucks, they are screwing over those of us who paid for NU by not offering updates as a seperate download. They do that to keep the pirates at bay but it only works for a little while. Meanwhile the rest of us have constant error messages and problems because the automatic update doesn't work!  
(Version 7.0.3)

JEAN KUMMER  Please ! A complete version for Mac OSX  
(Version 7.0.3)

RAMIAH  I reinstalled my system 10.2.2. Since then the updated Norton Utilities 7.0.3 quits when I start it!  
(Version 7.0.3)

MIKE_MUNICH  Hard to say. I just updated both on TiBook and G4 both running 10.2.2. On TiBook I got the messsage "update error, please re-install NUT" on G4 it "seems" to be ok. In my opinion reason enough to throw it away because it's not reliable at all.

Somewhere I read the rating "forget NUT - use Carbon Copy instead" . I think that´s the best one can do  
(Version 7.0.3)

SYSTEMWORKER  Used LiveUpdate yesterday to get the 7.0.3 Update. As always, the installers were automatically downloaded, but they didn't launch! After a restart, NU is still 7.0.2. I can't find the installers to run them manually; the only ones I find (NueX, Nddx etc.) are for the last update which was 7.0.2r014. I run 10.2.2 . I was waiting for this update since Disk Doctor seems to be incompatible with 10.2.2, at least it doesn't recognize any of my volumes. Any ideas?  
(Version 7.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  no need for disk repairs. just clone a good system folder and save it.   
(Version 7.0.3)

GEORGE  So Finally is Norton Utilities Updater X 7.0.3 worth it for 10.2 (Jaguar) ??

or is it still having problems ??

Can you please e-mail me the answers to my e-mail./

Thank You

George  
(Version 7.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  I got soured n Norton when I bought & installed NU for X. As soon as I finished the installation & restarted, I got error messages that a file named "symfs.kext" & another I can't recall were not secure. When I asked Norton, they said it must be some other program's fault. I ended up scrapping NU & reinstalling X from scratch.

Anyone else see this? Has Norton fixed it?  
(Version 7.0.3)

SAMIR  Got Norton Utilities 7, got the update 7.0.2, but the program would not work properly. I wanted a program to defragmet my hard disk, ut neither Norton, nor Drive did work! Maybe we need to wait a couple of months before we see mature products for OS X!  
(Version 7.0.2)

YDOBON MAI  As soon as I installed Norton Utilities 7 (OS X) my whole computer started acting up. Even trying to emty the trash would cause my whole system to crash. I would NEVER try it again.  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I've been a user of NAVM, NUM since version 1 but will not buy another version or use their products until I can download a "stand alone" installer. Do you trust "LiveUpdate"? Didn't think so...

How many viruses have you ever had unless you use some Windows product, even then it does not usually cause a Mac problems...

Will rely more on TechTool Pro in the future!  
(Version 7.0.2)

SN  Wer auf Mac X 10.2 Jaguar aus Sicherheitsgründen den Internetzugang nicht wünscht, kommt an das notwendige Update 7.0.1 auf 7.0.2 nur ganz schwer heran, auch wenn er NUM 2.0 für Mac ganz frisch im Handel erworben hatte.   
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  X 7.0 2  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  gg  
(Version 7.0.2)

ARTEMY  The same thing. Live Update download nothing! Everything is up to date!...  
(Version 7.0.2)

ICHIMURA  thanks  
(Version 7.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Symantec needs to post this as an independent update without using the automatic update feature.  
(Version 7.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Still not right! Run from OS X, Disk Doctor finds many "serious" problems on my X drive. Yet from OS 9, the same software reports no problems found... nuff said.  
(Version 7.0.1)

SYNOTIC  Well.. I know there's lots of bad things thrown around about Norton.. But I kept trying tons of other software to recover my disk which wouldn't mount (how many more hours should I wait for one test TechTool?). After going out and getting Norton from a store and coming back.. I ran it.. and my disk was repaired.. I don't know what it did.. but it did it. It has many apps for disk management such as optimizing and whatnot. Ease of use? It's mostly.. 1. Select a disk 2. Press Start.

However.. I continually got "Not enough memory" errors.. Not the standard Finder one.. but one generated from Norton. I have 128 MB of RAM.. I plan on upgrading soon.. if you're wondering. I suggest that going through each test at a time, by skipping all the other tests... This ensures that you won't get those errors if you do.

I've also tried DiskWarrior.. and it's nice.. I tried a copy from a "friend". However if you are in deep trouble and need to run out and get some disk recovery software.. you simply won't find it in stores :/ I am going to be getting it via a Catalog soon though.  
(Version 7.0.1)

PETERK  It seems to work OK. I'd love to have Speed Disk work from OS X, and have a few more options... it only works from OS9. So far, no problems, even when using DiskDoctor from OS9 to repair OSX partition. I have not tried Drive10 yet, but will probably get that too. In the past, Norton was slow to come out with updates that kept up with new MacOS versions, and TechtoolPro was essential.   
(Version 7.0)

DANIEL  nie wiem bo nie probowalem  
(Version 7.0b047)

ALEJANDRO FAJURI  It works OK.I hope the final version include a CD that can boot under OS X  
(Version 7.0b047)

CAM REVOL  It works, period. As have ALL previous versions (beta or not) of Norton, on my Macs, over the years. MANY years, never been bitten by Norton Util's.  
(Version 7.0b047)