![]() But generally speaking, is a good source for such technical info so maybe using its GUI for that purpose might be worth the dough for some users. I've heard TinkerTool System has a pretty good ACL section. Better to learn a handful of useful Terminal commands and save them for those rare occasions (e.g., sudo launchctl start -monthly), and/or know basic stuff (e.g., doing a Safe Boot for font cache cleaning), etc. I suppose i could run it as a matter of some routine. but basically - after installing it - it just sits there forever waiting for an emergency to occur (so i can run it from single-user mode). About the only such utility i "use" is AppleJack. We don't need automated cache cleaning or periodic task priming anymore. If you've got a moment, I'd love to see a list of the utilities you're running and their unique and necessary functionalities that have induced you to d/l, perhaps even pay for, them. ![]() ![]() Other than for periodic maintenance, how often do you call on any of your utilities (and I'm talking about troubleshooting, not "feature tweaking")? How many "Swiss Army Knife" type utilities (that litter the Mac landscape with duplicate functionality that most users virtually never call on) does one really need, Alex? One of the reasons I keep more than 3 is that, when a new OS comes up, they are not equally fast and efficient at updating, so I am trying to keep something that works. I guess, this would be a nice FAQ topic, very useful for the general membership me included. It would be nice to get a comparison of such utilities (maintenance and repair), with lists of what they are primarily for. I agree that all these utilities except, possibly, DW have common tasks including cache cleaning and permissions repair (I relegate the latter now to SuperDuper!). Used it a couple of times, lately to clean the little mess Onyx crash left. TT - not any more because I got TTS recently. Used to do it with Onyx but not any more. SL cache cleaner - about once in two-three months just for caches in an attempt to speed up the machine a bit. TTP - also about once a year as a heavy artillery. With Tiger and Leopard, got a couple problems with directory and that was fixed. Onyx for mac os x 10.4 install#Now the big question is what and how often I use!ĭW - about twice a year if anything goes wrong (I have a bad habit of not using DU from the install disk). Currently, I have TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior, Socks, Snow Leopard Cache cleaner, Tinker Tool (from old times) and Tinker Tool System. ![]()
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