Can anyone recomend a maintnance suite for the Mac?

HawgsHead · May 9, 2007, 07:13 PM

Like something that purges crap,defrags and so forth......Thanks!

fobis · May 10, 2007, 06:53 AM

TechTool Pro is a good one, but it costs money.
Otherwise, Onyx is a good system cleaner.
The only defragger I've ever used is iDefrag but I'm sure there's free ones out there.

HawgsHead · May 10, 2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by fobis

TechTool Pro is a good one, but it costs money.
Otherwise, Onyx is a good system cleaner.
The only defragger I've ever used is iDefrag but I'm sure there's free ones out there.

Thanks Fobis!....Lord George!!!!That software's $149.00!!!!!and the cheepie suite is almost $100.00.

**temeteus82** · May 10, 2007, 10:14 AM

What I've read HFS+ don't need to be defragmented?!?!

Zardon · May 10, 2007, 11:22 AM

It doesn't, the levels of fragmentation are so low it makes no difference. The only maintenance tool I used was mac janitor which was free. Only needed to run it once every so often and it cleared and sorted through log files, tables etc. http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_...acjanitor.html

Unix is a very tidy operating system. Doesn't need the same work as Windows.

HawgsHead · May 10, 2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

It doesn't, the levels of fragmentation are so low it makes no difference. The only maintenance tool I used was mac janitor which was free. Only needed to run it once every so often and it cleared and sorted through log files, tables etc. http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html

Unix is a very tidy operating system. Doesn't need the same work as Windows.

Ha!Thats what I'm using now.I will keep it for free.Thanks for all the help.

Geminiwave · May 11, 2007, 01:57 AM

thats not entirely true...Macs fragment loads, but OSX has a built in defrag thing that works in the background. I notice it especially when i let the thing sit idle on my desk for awhile but dont let it go to sleep mode.

Windows does fragment a lot more though.

Anyway mostly what you need to be concerned about is repairing permissions. At least thats what I've noticed. Every time things start getting sluggish, I go and repair my permissions (Which can be done with built in OSX utilities) and it goes for 20 minutes or so and then everything is snappy again. It is possible that my computer just sucks (something that I've come to realize) but I've noticed that doing HUUUUGEEEE things for me. Try it out.

Or perhaps one of those suites does the same thing. I don't know.

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fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 49	TechTool Pro is a good one, but it costs money. Otherwise, Onyx is a good system cleaner. The only defragger I've ever used is iDefrag but I'm sure there's free ones out there. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

May 11, 2007, 01:57 AM	#7
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 62	thats not entirely true...Macs fragment loads, but OSX has a built in defrag thing that works in the background. I notice it especially when i let the thing sit idle on my desk for awhile but dont let it go to sleep mode. Windows does fragment a lot more though. Anyway mostly what you need to be concerned about is repairing permissions. At least thats what I've noticed. Every time things start getting sluggish, I go and repair my permissions (Which can be done with built in OSX utilities) and it goes for 20 minutes or so and then everything is snappy again. It is possible that my computer just sucks (something that I've come to realize) but I've noticed that doing HUUUUGEEEE things for me. Try it out. Or perhaps one of those suites does the same thing. I don't know. __________________

May 10, 2007, 11:22 AM	#5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	It doesn't, the levels of fragmentation are so low it makes no difference. The only maintenance tool I used was mac janitor which was free. Only needed to run it once every so often and it cleared and sorted through log files, tables etc. http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_...acjanitor.html Unix is a very tidy operating system. Doesn't need the same work as Windows.