Checkmate is a computer health-monitoring application by Micromat. We created Checkmate to be a powerful computer-diagnostic product without being an intrusion to your work. The software observes your schedule and performs testing when your computer is idle. It then quietly logs results and stays completely out of your way - unless it finds a serious problem. Then it will alert you to the issue, and will open the Checkmate dashboard so you not only get a full report of the issue, but also are presented suggested steps you can take to correct the problem.
And Checkmate couldn't be simpler to use: simply install it and forget about it. You won't even know it's there until it finds a problem and alerts you. No buttons to push, no schedules to set and no interruptions to your work.
If you count on your Macintosh, make sure your Macintosh counts on Checkmate. Because an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Note: Currently available for $29.99
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Nor do I see why that's particularly difficult to understand, and as to other applications with similar functionality, I know Drive Genius 4 has a similar function (but am unsure if it works in the same fashion) though I am unaware of any freeware or shareware apps with such a comprehensive feature set.
You set Checkmate up, and it scans your computer at certain times, informing you what it has discovered. Personally I prefer to know about problems before they escalate, because often in those early stages I find can make all the difference.
How it does what it does? I know there's a daemon working in the background, but as for the particulars, I have no idea.
Then again, I also don't know the purpose of half the electronics in a modern car, yet that lack of knowledge won't stop me from driving If I need to do so.
It works just fine for me, now if Micromat will only update the UI, which is unnecessarily huge and in need of a refreshening.