Cocktail

wasn't Tech Tool originally waiting for 9,999 purchases before it would be unlocked? looks like they dropped it to 5,999. To play devil's advocate for just a moment: it would seem a lot of these apps, if not all, are at the end of their cycle. With leopard delayed, I'm sure these companies have 10.5 compatible versions ready to go as soon as it ships. Especially when you're...

Sounds almost too good... ;) -> This morning, MacUpdate has launched a week-long sale offering 10 Mac applications ($433.82 value) for $49.99. These applications include: • GraphicConverter - image editor/converter • Fetch - FTP Client • iWOW - iTunes audio enhancement plug in • GarageSale - eBay auction software • Cocktail - Mac OS X system utility • ProfCast - Record...

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Trash the 'com.apple.finder.plist' file located in User/Library/Preferences Restart Run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility in your Utility folder. Download one of these; Onyx, Yasu, Cocktail Use to clear all Caches, run maintenance scripts, etc.

Use a program to clear Font and all Cache files, run the Cron scripts, etc and see if it helps. Here are some; Cocktail http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.html Onyx http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html

Whenever I right click for the second time in a finder window (after viewing a file or folder's properties), it crashes and restarts. I've tried running Cocktail and verifying/repairing permissions on all of my drives but it still does this. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? It's been doing this for about two weeks and is driving me nuts.

tly got a new battery for it cause the old one wasn't lasting longer then an hour. I used the new battery for about a day, then as part of my usual routine I ran cocktail to repair disk permissions and clean the cache followed by a restart. Thats when all the trouble began. ...

Thanks, i am gradually trying to get all the right stuff copied over, while working 12 hr+ days. I really appreciate it, and the more info the better as far as i am concerned. I am still running off my pather firewire drive backup for working, which is a little scary. Flying Meat (or anyone), got any of that good unix magic for the problem below? i posted it a while ago, but...

can, and does. I have another question, semi-related. Right now, in order to get work done, I am using my original backup, on a firewire drive, in panther. I had to copy some folders of my recent work (mostly freehand files, linked graphics. also eudora email and linked attachments). normally my backups preserve the file structure, so that linked images in documents stay...

FruitMenu uses very little, not noticeable. I've been using it almost since OS X came out. You can also use this script; tell application "Finder" shut down end tell Save it as an application and put it in your Dock, or if you decide to use Fruit Menu you can add it to the Apple Menu. It will shut down the machine with any warning.