On Feb 24, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Al wrote:

>
> This addresses my concern also.  There really should be some utility
> that can help consumer users with this issue, and also the issue of
> corrupted indexes for which you and Bruce so often repeat the three
> terminal commands in these lists.  This could become an added feature
> of OnyX  and Cocktail.

There's a utility called Platypus that will allow you to wrap a  
terminal command line program (complete with inputs) in a Gui that  
lets you clicky-click the button. I've used it with great success in  
the past for little one-off terminal commands that have to be done by  
terminal-unskilled folks.

Or you could email the authors of Onyx and Cocktail with the idea and  
ask them to include it.

Or a little time spent in Applescript developers tools should let you  
make a gui for this ... Automator might even do this.

> In the meantime, I hope these two commands can survive future OS
> updates.  But I guess they would be lost in any Archive and Install or
> Erase and Install for upgrades.
>

?? mdutil is a part of the OS, the preferences will be wiped out by a  
complete re-install, but so will all the rest of your data. An  
Archive&install should preserve these settings.


-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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