System maintenance for Mac OSX?

[viator122]

I've had my iBook G4 for about a year and a half now, and it is running much slower than when I got it. I have reinstalled the operating system twice now, but neither reinstall has been "from scratch" - each time I reinstalled in such a way as to keep my programs and settings.

Can anyone recommend utilities to improve my computer's performance?

 

[AuroraProject]

You can start by repairing the permissions using the disk utility, then try running the maintenance scripts manually, open a terminal window and type:

sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

Once the cursor returns the tasks are complete.

Or, download and install Onyx, and it'll do all the work for you.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582

 

[terance]

Thank you very much for posting that.

I just got a new MacBook and was very curious if there was a kind of disk utility for the OSX


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Originally Posted by AuroraProject /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can start by repairing the permissions using the disk utility, then try running the maintenance scripts manually, open a terminal window and type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly Once the cursor returns the tasks are complete. Or, download and install Onyx, and it'll do all the work for you. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582

 

[GlendaleViper]

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Originally Posted by AuroraProject /img/forum/go_quote.gif Or, download and install Onyx, and it'll do all the work for you.http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582

This is what I use, and it does a great job. Free, too.

 

[rhythmicmoose]

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Originally Posted by viator122 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've had my iBook G4 for about a year and a half now, and it is running much slower than when I got it. I have reinstalled the operating system twice now, but neither reinstall has been "from scratch" - each time I reinstalled in such a way as to keep my programs and settings. Can anyone recommend utilities to improve my computer's performance?

The best way to keep your computer snappy is to make sure it's got enough RAM (512 MB is the bare minimum you should have if you're running Tiger) and free hard drive space (more than "a couple" gigabytes).

In my experience, system reinstalls are rarely worth the trouble.

However, one good way to save space is to do an archive and install, but customize the install to not include the extra language packages.

 

[viator122]

I ran Onyx last night and the Disk Utility. I am very happy with the results, thank you, AuroraProject. I have 512MB of RAM and about 27GB of free disk space, so that's not an issue. It's as though over the last 1.5 years the computer had become progressively slower, but those two procedures really brought it back to like-new condition. Thanks again.

 

[sleepkyng]

i like mac janitor, but onyx is great too.

 

[kugino]

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Originally Posted by viator122 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I ran Onyx last night and the Disk Utility. I am very happy with the results, thank you, AuroraProject. I have 512MB of RAM and about 27GB of free disk space, so that's not an issue. It's as though over the last 1.5 years the computer had become progressively slower, but those two procedures really brought it back to like-new condition. Thanks again.

the ibook runs faster with more ram...i consider 512 a bare minimum. you'll notice a speed increase by increasing the ram.

also, if you download a ton of stuff (like i do) things will start accumulating all over the place on your mac...these can slow things down a little, like favicon image collections slowing safari. i try to trash anything i don't need...AppZapper is a good app that finds all the preference files associated with an app you want to get rid of and gets rid of that, too...

 

[KenW]

Aha....another goodie for me to try! Thanks for the link to OnyX!

 

[vibin247]

Cocktail and Onyx are good choices, though Cocktail does number of things with your permissions.

 

[roastpuff]

Just ran Onyx again, and it amazes me how much faster the MBP speeds up. I need more RAM though, 1GB is not cutting it.

 

[sisenor]

With minimal maintenance, OS X actually is faster with each successive OS upgrade (which in the computer world is quite something)

I think they say you should keep about 10% of your HD free...also, repair permissions before and after every OS/security update. These types of installs usually redo the prebindings (while it says it's optimizing system performance) so you don't have to worry about doing that. Then, if you want to run cron scripts, that's good, and I like to dump system cache and so forth monthly.

 

[kugino]

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Originally Posted by sisenor /img/forum/go_quote.gif With minimal maintenance, OS X actually is faster with each successive OS upgrade (which in the computer world is quite something) I think they say you should keep about 10% of your HD free...also, repair permissions before and after every OS/security update. These types of installs usually redo the prebindings (while it says it's optimizing system performance) so you don't have to worry about doing that. Then, if you want to run cron scripts, that's good, and I like to dump system cache and so forth monthly.

yeah, it's amazing how apple does that...i was running panther on my original bondi blue imac with few hiccups. the only thing impeding the speed increase is the graphics card...they seem to get outdated much quicker than anything else.

good tip on the keeping about 10% of your HD free...i have a hard time doing this but when i do, it does feel snappier.

 

[SK138]

I also run Applejack...it's a free software.
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/12/05/apple...shooting-tool/