Overview

What is AShare Helper 2.0.3?

AppleShare IP admin tool.

In depth

A closer look at AShare Helper 2.0.3

AShare Helper is an application to help AppleShare IP Server Administrators with the upkeep of their Servers by doing a number of minor tasks, then sending notification to remote locations via email. Features include:

Detects a System Crash then uses Disk Warrior to repair all local, non boot volumes.
Launches the AppleShare IP Web & File Server on startup and can periodically restart it..
Detects when the server is not running and provide alerts or notifications via email.
Keeps a nominated Application running in the foreground and launches it if it is not running.
Can do regular checks for free space on any mounted volume (local or not).
Can monitor a list of Folders and Volumes checking that their size does not exceed preset limits.
Flushes the Cache of the Server to discard old items and allow more memory to be available for other applications.
Makes regular backups of the local Users & Groups Datafile and AppleShare PDS files (with an appended date).
Empties the contents of the invisible Network Trash Folders on each volume (deletes all files more than 24hrs old).
Logs all its actions to a local, tab delimited text or HTML file.

Verdict

Should you download AShare Helper 2.0.3?

AShare Helper 2.0.3 runs on Mac OS 8.5 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 489 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Network.

Verified clean. Every AShare Helper 2.0.3 build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.