On Nov 26, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > or general *system* maintenance use OnyX, perhaps once a month or so, at > most, to run the three system maintenance scripts (daily, weekly, monthly). > And if your system is running slowly, use it to clear the kernel, system, and > applications caches. OnyX also lets you enable some nice "hidden" interface > stuff.
Note that after 10.5-ish (When Apple went to launchd instead of cron to run these things) Apple runs these scripts when it can after their 'run time' has passed, like the next time they come up, etc; it's not necessary to leave it on all night. I would mention that my first stop when something is going wrong is to look at the system log via console.app, in fact, it's a good idea to look at it on a regular basis, just to get a feel for what is normally showing up there. What you want to keep an eye out is what's happening when the system starts acting slowly. Also anything marked IO Error should be investigated, since this is where things like USB device and Disk failure start showing up. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.