Maybe Charles here was mistaken and was refering to "repairing permissions" which is recommended to be done regularly. Not knowing much about the gooey innards of OS X I'm not certain if this is an Unix thing or an X addition. If this is an X thing then yes, there is room for improvement (by making this a self repairing option). Come to think of it, even if this is a Unix thing that could still be done, I think. Maybe automator in Tiger can do this. Does anyone know?
On 01/07/05 09:58, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > >> For example --- (May not still be the case with Tiger) --- the >> 'STANDARD' advice to 'rebuild the Desktop' ------ IF they would >> fix those little annoying glitch type problems, instead of shoving >> them under the carpet, there WOULD BE NO NEED TO EVER REBUILD THE >> DESKTOP. (Yeah I'm shouting. I can't believe the 'good quiet sheep' >> attitude of Mac users, not raising hell about such sloppy >> programming attitudes.) > > Huh? 'Rebuilding the desktop' is a OS 9 and lower thing, and a direct > result of the code inefficiency in the OLD Mac OS. There is no > option, nor need to 'rebuild the desktop' in OS X. > > Look, I'm not disputing that there's room for improvement in OS X, > but to listen to you it's barely able to run. This is wrong. I'm > typing this on my G3/500 Pismo Powerbook and Tiger is as responsive > as OS 9 is on this machine. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > This is the sig that says 'NI!' > > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
