My friend wants me to give his Mac a tune-up? What do you suggest?

[LABachlr]

I'm somewhat familiar to Mac's, and my friend would like me to give his Mac (a G4 or a G5) a tune-up.

What do you guys suggest I do besides repairing the permissions? Please assume I know very little, but catch on quick.

TIA

[Damrod]

It would help to further know what he/she means by "tune up".

You could run the various system clean-up jobs via tools like OnyX etc, rebuild the quick launch database, clean caches etc. That's what I could think of

[lpabildgaard]

Hi,
Without knowing his reason, try safebooting his machine. It will give the system a good checkup and fix. restart while holding down the shift button until you see the apple icon. The machine will then take 5-10 minutes depending to get to the logon prompt. You can then restart imediately.

[ora]

If its an older machine you might want to invest in bumping up the RAM a bit as well to keep it running speedily, www.crucial.com is normally the best place to look,

Owen

[LABachlr]

OK. Thanks, guys.

Originally Posted by Damrod

It would help to further know what he/she means by "tune up".

You could run the various system clean-up jobs via tools like OnyX etc, rebuild the quick launch database, clean caches etc. That's what I could think of

Any links to any of these processes?

I know to clear the cache, you just have to delete the contents of a couple of folders. Forget which ones. Can anyone refresh my memory?

I assume OnyX is a program you pay for?

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by LABachlr

Any links to any of these processes?

This is the best explanation I could find.

Originally Posted by LABachlr

I assume OnyX is a program you pay for?

No. If Onyx is to intimidating then consider Yasu instead.

[LABachlr]

OK. Thanks.

[LABachlr]

A couple more questions:

1. When should one use DiskWarrior?

2. How do I partition a hard drive without formatting it and reinstalling the OS?