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It might help to be more specific. Memtest86 has run on every Intel Mac I've had. Ive got no clue what PC Doctor or UltraX are, but I see no lack of diagnostic tools for the Mac.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to ask "What are some diagnostic tools for the Mac?" as you clearly haven't done much research yet.

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I guess I was a little unclear in my post. What I meant is that a lot of the diagnostic functionality available for PCs(memtest86 and Linux utils) can easily run on Intel Macs as well but given how relatively easy it would be, I don't see a native app that specifically advertises itself as a Mac hardware diagnostic tool unless I am missing something obvious.

So, it seems like there must be no demand for a native app, but I am just surprised that nobody has attempted it. I haven't spent a huge amount of looking but then again I was trying to find a mainstream app not something obscure.

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