Cocktail is a handy little tool that does a bunch o' stuff for OSX, much like MacJanitor.
>From the versiontracker.com description: Product Description: Available features: enable or disable journaling, set disk spindown time, re-prebind files, repair permissions, run cron scripts, delete cache files, recreate alias to Mac OS 9 desktop, force empty trash, delete locked items, delete DS_Store files, delete archived log files, view log files, create symbolic links, change speed and duplex of network cards, set size of the TCP receive and send window, turn off delayed acks, request new IP from DHCP server, change network ports, customize look and features of Finder and Dock, enable hidden features in miscellaneous applications, easily optimize system using Auto Pilot ... Here' s the link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18282 rob Marta Edie PB wrote: > And what is cocktail, pray tell me? > Marta > On Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003, at 17:42 US/Eastern, Rob Kersting wrote: > > > I didn't have any trouble either, except for trying to repair > > permissions > > after the update. > > > > Disk Utility would only get about 1/3 of the way done then it would > > freeze. > > Luckily, I had read about this on Macfixit.com, so I knew it was > > coming. I > > just restarted and used Cocktail to repair permissions. Worked find > > and was > > still working this morning. > > > > There's always a first time... > > > > rob > > > > Jerry Yeager wrote: > > > >> No problems here on either the iBook nor the desktop. I wonder how > >> Apple will solve this one? > >> > >> Jerry > >> > >> On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 02:31 PM, Bill Rising wrote: > >> > >>> On 9/24/03 0:44, Matt Gantner wrote > >>> > >>>> Apple has pulled the recent update (posted 9/23) > >>>> > >>>> Here is a slashdot article about it with some links to apple > >>>> > >>>> http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/2237224 > >>>> > >>>> folks are complaining of network DNS problems among other things > >>>> > >>> > >>> Too late. Yours truly installed it (because of the need for ssh): > >>> > >>> at work: intenet connectivity is spotty. Works fine for long periods > >>> then > >>> disappears. > >>> > >>> at home: machine won't boot, gets as far as putting up a desktop > >>> picture, > >>> then the pointer disappears, it goes back to a blue screen, then back > >>> to > >>> the calibrated blue screen, then back to the desktop picture. Doesn't > >>> wanna boot off a CD either, so I'm gonna have to play stupid hard > >>> drive > >>> games to get things fixed. > >>> > >>> ugh. > >>> > >>> Bill > >> > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > Marta > Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin A.D. > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
