Marta,
Below is the write up on Cocktail, and the link. The cost is 14.95.
Hope this helps.
John R.
Product?Description:
Cocktail is a general purpose utility for Mac OS X 10.2 or later. The
application simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions, gives access
to hidden Mac OS X settings and let you easily optimize your system. It
is a smooth, powerful and simple to use utility with all major features
arranged in five basic categories and a Pilot that lets you clean,
repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.
What's new in this version:
? Added support for special characters in disk, folder and file
names
? Addresses an issue in which the computer did not go to sleep,
was
not restarted and/or did not shut down if Cocktail was running behind
the login screen
? Addresses an issue in which position of the main window was
not
saved
? Addresses an issue in which check of the SMART status may fail
? Improved startup time
? Added "Search subfolders" option to the DS Store cleaning
feature
(Files)
? Added "Do not cache website icons" Safari setting (Interface)
? Addresses an issue in which Uptime was not updated
(Specifications)
? Interface improvements
? Other minor bug fixes
? Updated Help
http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18282
On Mar 6, 2005, at 8:35 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
> John, what is cocktail trio? Is it a free download ? I have techtool,
> but not techtool pro. I remember Macworld having a write-up some time
> ago on how to keep your machine running smoothly, but can't at the
> moment find the issue.
> Marta
> On Mar 6, 2005, at 19:52, John Robinson wrote:
>
>> Harry,
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2005, at 6:37 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
>>
>>> I repaired permissions and now everything works as
>>> it is supposed to.
>>>
>>> Just thought you would like to know.
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>
>> Thought I would chime in, and you are right, when I begin having
>> "quirky" activity (this can include many anomalies) I simply do the
>> Disk Warrior, TechTools Pro and Cocktail trio maintenance. Cocktail
>> will do the repair permissions as well as several other repairs.
>>
>> I keep several of these machines running 24/7/365 with little or no
>> problems. My programmer was trying to make a correction to our
>> database, he continued to have one freeze after another, finally he
>> thought he would try the "repair permissions", and that completely
>> corrected the problem.
>>
>> It is good to know.
>>
>> John R.
>>
>>
>>
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