|
#1
October 27th, 2005, 04:49 PM
| |||
| |||
 system utilities i am running mac 10.3.9 and safari 1.3.1. i use the following utilities: macaroni onyx cocktail question is if you HAD to choose just one of the 3, which would it be?   |
|
#2
October 27th, 2005, 05:01 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| I wouldn't choose any of the 3, but I run a pretty tight ship when it comes to my operating system (no haxies, appearance mods, etc.) so it's as stable as stable can be without the need for 3rd-party maintenance. I do repair permissions after installing new software, occasionally boot from the OS X install CD and check my hard drive health, and let my computer stay awake at night once or twice a month so the cron scripts can run. This maintenance routine has kept my systems running 24/7 with uptimes in the months without any stability or operating system problems whatsoever. The days of constant maintenance under OS 9 are gone with OS X. I like Cocktail more than the other two.
__________________ Power Macintosh G4/500MHz "Yikes!" 10.4.11 Server • 1024MB • 3 x 120GB + 320GB • DVR-111D • 2 x Radeon 7000 PCI • 2 x 17" CRT MacBook 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo - White 10.5.4 • 2048MB • 80GB • CD-RW/DVD-ROM iPod Photo 60GB • iPod nano 1GB • AT&T DSL 6Mb/768k http://www.jeffhoppe.com |
|
#4
October 28th, 2005, 06:51 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| I also like Onyx as well. I use it to run the cron scripts, which as ElDiablo points out you can do manually with terminal or let the computer stay running. I also do not like to tweak out my system with third-party things. |
|
#5
October 28th, 2005, 08:35 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| I prefer Maintain for manual cron-scripts and cache cleaning.
__________________ This is not a signature (but I could be wrong). 15" MacBook Pro C2D@2.4 GHz | 2 GB RAM | Mac OS 10.5.4 | Website | LinkedIn | Publications GP/O d-(+)@ s: a->? C++(+++) U* P+ L+>++ !E---- W+++ N o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP t 5? X- R !tv b++++ DI+(++)@ D+(++) G++(+++) e+++$>++++$$ h--->---- r+++ y++++@ |
|
#7
October 29th, 2005, 03:16 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| I use Onyx because its free (Cocktail costs €15). I suspect that most of the functions are not really necessary, as repairing disc permissions can be done with disc utility (especially after installing new software), and as ElDiabloConCaca says, checking the HD with the installation disc occasionally is easy and recommended. I use Onyx for running the cron scripts as I don't beleieve these run automatically if you put your computer to sleep for the night (please correct me if I am wrong anyone). I would endorse ElDiabloConCaca's comment about not using Haxies. There are just bling and can knacker your OS (as I learnt during a mad period of Mac vanity).
__________________ Intel Mac Mini 1.83 1GB 10.5.4 PowerMac G4 833Hz 768MB 10.3.9 Education is when you read the fine print - experience is what you get when you don't. Pete Seeger |
|
#8
October 29th, 2005, 04:16 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| Onyx is very good but for simple task if prefer yasu more straightforward for non techie like meself 
__________________  Present: MacBook Duo 2 /2Ghz/2Gb/160Gb/X.4.11  Past : iMac G5 17" - iBook G4 12" - iMac G3 DVSE - performa 6200 - performa 475 - Mac SE/30 |
