Re: Third Party Utilities for Mac

I use DW, although it is a bit secretive about what it is actually doing. At least TechTool tells you what it is doing at any stage. I do know that DW actually fixes something though. Of the many Macs which are donated to me, I find a few which don't present a startup chime. DW someh

Re: Third Party Utilities for Mac

Thanks Daniel Your comments match my uninformed feelings about such software. I have found that an occasional Restart or a controlled Shut Down clears the few peculiarities my iMac displays from time to time. I'll keep Disk Warrior for emergencies. I ran D.W. on a USB hard drive with a full

Re: Third Party Utilities for Mac

Hi Alan Thought others may have different schedules they follow, I find the only thing I really run is Disk Utility (and only after updates or if something seems amiss). I don't really use any other software to keep it all running. I find the Mac just keeps on working with no major hassle or inpu

Third Party Utilities for Mac

I recently installed Onyx, Preferential Treatment, and Disk Warrior. Are these utilities useful for "modern" Macs? Any thoughts on my comments below? Onyx was recommended in an Apple discussion group as a plist checker. it doesn't do that as an obvious option, so may have been wrongly sugges