Be careful which fonts you trash, they are in several places in OS X. Trashing the wrong font can kill OS X!
Robert Newman On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:48 AM, wb wrote: >> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:30:23 -0600 >> Subject: Re: Spotted questions >> From: Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 06:25 PM, Jacques wrote: >> >>> Apple say zapping PRAM does not fix much anymore. didn't change much >>> when >>> I tried. When fsck is needed the system WILL tell you. i get a >>> feeling >>> some may be >>> (i may be *very* wrong here) using it as a desktop cleaner - it is >>> not. >> >> much in the spirit of rebuilding the desktop, resetting the CUDA, and >> resetting the power manager (on powerbooks), many people use fsck >> unnecessarily. > > Well, I've used fsck quite a few times as I'm tinkering around Jaguar's > edges, and on various occasions it did carry out repairs to > directories. > Maybe it would have done it all the same 'under the hood' even if I > hadn't > called it up, of course. But it did seem to be doing something > nevertheless. > > Re speed in general: I threw out lots of Fonts that were stored in the > Library folder. It's down to 19 from the original 50 or so. I remember > this > used to be recommended under previous OS versions as a way of improving > launching speed etc. Launching Word and other applications now takes > half > the time than with the default array of fonts that the Jaguar > installer had > chucked in - this is of course on a low end machine. > > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
