Cocktail Mac

Or is this a security update issue from Mac ? ...

From time to time I observe this very anoying 'bug' on my TiBook 1Ghz 1Gb RAM with Mac OS 10.4.2. I used the search function and could find all kind of freezes but none seemed to be similar to what I observe... ...

Cocktail is a general purpose utility for Mac OS X. The application simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions, gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings and let you easily optimize your system. ...

meg is added on! I know this particular prob may have nothing to do with itunes but my mac has run beautifully for over a year before the upgrade. ...

lol :) I'll have to try cocktail :D If not I will reboot once every 15 days at night when I am not at work so it can be fresh when I come in I am pretty happy that my mac (at work) can outlast my windows machine any day of the week :p

e 2 Standard Edition Upgrade and can't get any of the apps to work. They all launch until they hit the splash screen and then they quit out. I'm a pretty savvy Mac user and did all of the usual troubleshooting, dumped caches, ran Cocktail, repaired permissions, etc., etc. ...

When you've loaded up the good Mac and can see the problem Mac as a firewire drive, what error do you get when you try to access it? ...

Thanks for the suggestion but doesn't seem to have worked - ironically Disk Utility on the attached (live) Mac can see the problem Mac as a Firewire drive but can't do anything about it, whereas Cocktail (which might be able to do something) doesn't see it! I might add that the hardware diagnostic in DiskWarrior says that the problem hard drive seems to check out ok, so I...

I would do the following rather complete set of basic maintenance/troubleshooting tasks. 1. Empty the trash, and clear all browser caches; 2. Repair disk and repair permissions (go here); 3. Run the 3 periodic maintenance (cron) scripts (see above link); 4. Update the prebinding (see above link); 5. Use a program, such as Cocktail, to clear the system- and user-cache...

In the wee hours of the morning, UNIX, the underlying technology behind Mac OSX, likes to do house keeping chores. Try two applications to speed things up. Try using Cocktail Tiger Edition and then rebuild with Diskwarrior. ...