Hi Chris and Others, With regard to your suggestion of using OnyX, I'll except from an old trouble-shooting list post of mine back in June:
<begin quote> Do you or your girl friend run any maintenance software on your computer? There are good programs in both the paid and free categories that will check for these kinds of conditions. OnyX is a free app. Cocktail and Tinkertool System are shareware apps (~$14.00). They can clean out caches and log files. You can find these applications at the Macupdate site, which will also give links to the developer's site: • OnyX for Mac https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/111582/onyx * Cocktail https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/10909/cocktail • TinkerTool System https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13662/tinkertool-system <end quote> I'll add that the regular TinkerTool app allows you to configure preferences (e.g. show hidden files, and make other option changes). I list the Macupdate site web pages because it is often easier to find links to the correct version of the app here, as well as read the standard summary format for what an application does, whether it is freeware or shareware, when it was last updated, etc. In the case of OnyX, you should download the correct version for you operating system (if you are not running Mountain Lion). Here's the MacUpdate site link to TinkerTool (for preference configuration rather than maintenance checking): • TinkerTool https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5721/tinkertool HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 31, 2013, at 7:49 AM, Chris H wrote: > Hello everyone > has anyone tried or does anyone use Onyx? I think this is a fantastic utility > for your mac. It is a maintenance and cleaning tool as well as offering other > functions. Downloaded and ran it today and my 2011 Macbook Pro 13 running > Mountain Lion is now faster. Go search for it via Google as it's not in the > Mac App Store. It's by Titanium Software. > Kind regards Chris. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
