Cocktail

Use Cocktail 3.5 or Onyx 1.3.1 to flush out all the system, internet, and user cache files. ...

I've used cocktail and it doesn't help. ...

ss to the machines, but I could not find anything wrong. The normal user account would exhibit the behavior, but any other account would work just fine. I used Cocktail to clean out all of the caches, rebooted, and everything worked as normal. ...

download and use cocktail. this handy little app will flush logs and cache's. if you have hd space after using it, then that was your problem. let us know if it worked. btw, have you restarted your mac?

Maintenance Programs are also useful in solving problems like this. Cocktail seems to be a favorite of this forum, but I've also had good results with System Optimizer X. ...

There may be other applications that can do this, but I would start by using Cocktail to rebuild the Launch Services database and update the Locate and Whatis databases. ...

I have a client whose office is primarily Mac users, and one user is having problems with thier Entourage 2004 Calendar, which is causing problems when syncing said calendar to her BlackBerry. The problem primarily seems to be associated with Invitations for events. What happens is that when she receives and accepts an invitation to an event, it works fine and is added...

Fonts or a corrupted font cache in your user account. Font Book can check for damaged or duplicated fonts and Cocktail or Onyx can clear out the cache files. ...

Just as an FYI, you don't have to use Cocktail (or any third-party application) to show or hide hidden files and folders. Use this script. Open script editor and enter this into a blank script, then run it. It will display a dialog asking what you would like to do (show or hide). You can also save this script and have it appear in your Script Menu for easy access later. ...

Store file and the .localized from your Desktop. Use something like cocktail to show these files as there are invisible. Trash the files move your HD icon to the upper right and relaunch the finder or restart. ...