Are Mac OS X maintenance routines supposed to be run for each and
every user of a given machine, or can a single administrator run the
routines and have the results be of equal benefit to all users?
I have spent some time on the 'net trying to resolve this question,
and decided to check wi
>Are Mac OS X maintenance routines supposed to be run for each and
>every user of a given machine, or can a single administrator run the
>routines and have the results be of equal benefit to all users?
Depends on which maintenance routines you are talking about. The daily,
weekly, monthly scrip
On Jul 29, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Depends on which maintenance routines you are talking about. The daily,
weekly, monthly scripts all work on files at the system level so it
doesn't matter who is logged in when they run. But this is not the case
for all maintenance routines.
Th
>the daily, weekly or monthly scripts such as run by MacJanitor
Don't need MacJanitor any more. The Mac checks at startup to see if the
maintenance scripts ran overnight. If not, it runs them right then.
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Which OS ver does that?
Tom Piwowar wrote:
the daily, weekly or monthly scripts such as run by MacJanitor
Don't need MacJanitor any more. The Mac checks at startup to see if the
maintenance scripts ran overnight. If not, it runs them right then.
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On Jul 29, 2007, at 9:56 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Don't need MacJanitor any more. The Mac checks at startup to see if the
maintenance scripts ran overnight. If not, it runs them right then.
I think that is in OS 10.4 and above. I still run 10.3.9.
Steve
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>Which OS ver does that?
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Just wondering since I haven't had a mac since my 6360...Maintenance for
what?
Mike
On 7/29/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >the daily, weekly or monthly scripts such as run by MacJanitor
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> Don't need MacJanitor any more. The Mac checks at startup to see if the
> maintenance scri
Wow! So you haven't seen any of the modern Macs. If memory serves,
that model was early 1990s. Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD Unix now,
which has changed it quite a lot. The maintenance is for system files
that can get corrupted, typically with file permissions. You owe
yourself another look to
I leave my Macs on for days or weeks and sleep them most of the time
that they are not being used. I just installed Anacron to stay on top of
routine maintenance. I think this site has a pretty good discussion of
Mac maintenance.
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
Jordan
Steve Rigby wrote:
I've seen em plenty and used them a little, I just haven't bought one
because I can't justify the cost. I also didn't know you had to run nightly
'maintenance' to keep the thing from having corrupted files.
BTW, I don't want to start a cost debate...among other things I get at least
half my pc pa
That is fine that you don't want to buy. I said look at, not buy, and
only so that you get an idea of what posters are talking about. I do
not have a cell phone and currently have no desire for an iPhone (or any
other cell phone). But I look at them.
Maintenance of the file system with schedul
Steve, To answer your other question, the so called "cron jobs" (old
name) need only be run
once for each Mac computer. No need to run them for each user account
if that's what
you mean.
Phil Marchetti
On Jul 29, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Steve Rigby wrote:
Are Mac OS X maintenance routines suppo
I would suggest that as a system administrator you use:
Apple Remote Desktop 3
Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Macs on your
network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-
users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate
your routine
>Maintenance of the file system with scheduled utilities is a *nix thing
>to increase file reliability that goes way back.
Actually if you read those scripts you will see that all they do is
rotate log files. OS X would make Commander Ductape proud. It logs almost
everything you do. Those log fi
>I think this site has a pretty good discussion of Mac maintenance.
>http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
Pretty terrible actually.
Looks like it was written by a hypochondriac (or a lawyer?). Few of this
listed items can be considered "maintenance." These are repair methods
that are run for spe
I said it was a good discussion. I didn't say I did any of them except
Anacron, which checks way too often, but should do what I wanted.
For the uninitiated it covers a lot of ground in one place, and
information is good.
But I guess it is written by and for lawyers.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
I think
On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:56 AM, mike wrote:
I've seen em plenty and used them a little, I just haven't bought one
because I can't justify the cost. I also didn't know you had to run
nightly
'maintenance' to keep the thing from having corrupted files.
You do not have to run nightly maintenan
On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Phil Marchetti wrote:
Steve, To answer your other question, the so called "cron jobs" (old
name) need only be run
once for each Mac computer. No need to run them for each user account
if that's what
you mean.
That was what I meant, and thanks. I was having a
On Jul 30, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Actually if you read those scripts you will see that all they do is
rotate log files.
What is the exact meaning of the numerical values that are logged
within the MacJanitor window when I run that utility. They appear as
something similar to
>What maintenance routines other than daily, weekly, monthly need
>to be run? When and how should I run them? I run MacJanitor on 10.4.8.
With 10.4.8 you don't need MacJanitor.
One of the most important things to do is to turn off the automatic
updaters for the OS and various other programs. U
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Steve Rigby wrote:
On Jul 30, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Actually if you read those scripts you will see that all they do is
rotate log files.
What is the exact meaning of the numerical values that are logged within
the MacJanitor window when I run that utility
On Jul 30, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Vicky Staubly wrote:
I don't have a Mac, but on my FreeBSD servers, I get a monthly report
(via email) with the number of hours each user has been logged in.
Does that look like it matches up with that machine's usage?
Your report appears to me to indicate hourly
:10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] OS X maintenance routines
>Maintenance of the file system with scheduled utilities is a *nix thing
>to increase file reliability that goes way back.
Actually if you read those scripts you will see that all they do is
rotate log files. OS X would make Comma
>How do I get control of the log files. I am running out of space and that
>is mostly RSS feeds but I am looking for anything else I can clear out
>while I am it.
Log files are automatically rotated and the oldest ones deleted. Check
the date on daily.log to confirm when maintenance last ran.
Tom,
What maintenance routines other than daily, weekly, monthly need
to be run? When and how should I run them? I run MacJanitor on 10.4.8.
Steve
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Are Mac OS X maintenance routines supposed to be run for each and
every user of a given machine, or can a single adminis
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