Diane Stinnett <usafdesigner at insightbb.com> wrote: > What all is involved in maintaining OSX? I know a little about > permissions (can't you use the built in disk utility to repair > permissions?) ...
Yes, I confused my use of the Drive10 CD with the OSX CD. Drive10 does not repair permissions and Disk Utility does. Still, in comparing Drive10 and DiskWarrior, both fix the volume directories but only Drive10 also defrags files and volumes. (Volume = disk, partition or removable drive.) I think maintaining OSX is similar to maintaining OS9 with some differences. Same for OS9 and OSX: 1. Fix volume directories (fsck -y, Disk Utility, Drive10, DiskWarrior, DiskDoctor). 2. Defrag volumes (Drive10, PlusOptimizer, SpeedDisk). Different for OSX: 1. OSX needs repair of permissions (Disk Utility). 2. OSX does not have Rebuilding Desktop, but has Pre-binding of files (Pacifist, Xoptimize). 3. OSX needs daily, weekly and monthly Unix maintenance routines that occur automatically at 5 AM if machine is on, or can be done anytime with freeware MacJanitor. The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
