I was in the Apple Store today getting a new battery for the defective one I had. The Genius who helped me used a diagnostic tool I hadn't seen before. I didn't see any disc or USB drive used. The only thing that was connected was the power and the ethernet cable. Does anyone know what tool this was and if it is available somewhere?
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Apple Hardware Test used by Genius
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AHT comes on the restore DVDs included with the system. I suspect that you're thinking of MTP (MacTest Pro) which used to be - and probably still is - used by service providers.
Actually, that particular test is known as AST (Apple Service Toolkit). ASD runs off of a CD, DVD, or hard drive generally, while AST runs off of a server over ethernet or Airport. They're both restricted, however, not available to the public.
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MacTest Pro is long dead. Apple Service Diagnostics is the name of the current tool used by service providers, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
There are two versions of ASD: EFI and OS. You can NetBoot the OS version of ASD.
It isn't clear whether they were running AST or ASD, nevertheless, both are available to AASPs and SSAs and not the general public as you stated.
At this time you cannot NetBoot over wireless, so I don't think they are doing it over wireless. Just an an FYI.