Merci, danke sch?n, gratias, thanks indeed. Marta On Mar 6, 2005, at 21:08, John Robinson wrote:
> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3255 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050306/5271a51c/attachment.bin
