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 input needed from me. Maybe I'm not "thrashing it enough",...lol.
I know other people that use Onyx and find it quite good for certain things. They run it once in a blue moon and are happy with it. Can't comment on the second one as haven't used it. I just move them manually if I need to. DiskWarrior I still find good. Though I don't tend to run it unless I need to. (And normally it's to fix a drive that won't mount or show up). I don't run it other then that really. It won't do a lot on external drives with no systems, as they don't have a large directory or a lot of use really. So they tend to "zip through" external drives. I've found it comes into it's on on drives that have "Fallen over". It's bought drives back enough to recover data off them before it fell right over. So for those times, it's worth it's weight in gold. But for regular usage,...nah. Again, this is just my experience. Maybe I've been lucky so far, but I find the "looking after routine" very easy for the Mac. Everything just keeps on working and I don't lose any downtime. (which is good, cause I spend more time fixing other things for people then needing to work on my own machines...lol) Kind regards Daniel On 7/5/11 5:04 PM, "Alan Smith" <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > 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 suggested. To > my untutored mind Onyx just seems to wrap standard Apple iMac utilities in a > pretty package. Nice, particularly at $0, but not an essential tool. > > Preferential Treatment was later located in a WAMUG posting as a plist > checker. It appears to work (all OK!). If trustworthy it will be worth the > $0 paid! I had been troubled with the common WAMUG advice to "delete the > preference file" when strange things happened with an application. Not an > elegant way to track a fault. > > Disk Warrior may be like those regular backups - hope we never have to use it! > (Q1) Disk Warrior recommends a monthly preventative maintenance routine to > rebuild the disk Directory. Is this done by WAMUG members? Or is it a case > of "don't touch if its not broken"? > > (Q2) D.W. seems to run three tests - Directory, Files and Hardware. I used > D.W. with 2 Firewire HD and 1 USB HD connected. Directory and Files could be > run on any hard drive, but only the Macintosh HD was selectable for the > Hardware test. Is this normal? > > (Q3) I only ran D.W. tests on the USB hard drive and was left with the feeling > "is that all there is?" I was expecting a rigorous Read/Write hammering of > the drive, or at least a "bad sector" test. Is Disk Warrior value for money > ($160) or is the standard Apple Disk Utility the more appropriate tester? > > Regards, Alan > > Alan Smith > iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M : OSX 10.6.7 > iPad2; ATV2 > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
