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Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:41 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Bill B." kernos501
At 12:20 AM -0500 3/26/13, Dane Reugger wrote:
> Change permissions on the files
>you want access to or use root (super user) in terminal
One can enable root without using the terminal then login as root and do your damage. Search Help for 'Enable Root User'. Apple has hidden the GUI for this rather well and it varies by your cat name.
I have generally used it when installing a lot of programs on a new Lion or ML computer to avoid having to put in an admin password over and over.
Bill B.
> Change permissions on the files
>you want access to or use root (super user) in terminal
One can enable root without using the terminal then login as root and do your damage. Search Help for 'Enable Root User'. Apple has hidden the GUI for this rather well and it varies by your cat name.
I have generally used it when installing a lot of programs on a new Lion or ML computer to avoid having to put in an admin password over and over.
Bill B.
Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Smith" jimmacsmith
Neat connection vs rat's nest. Made me think of the ASP(? or some like that) hard disk which had special SCSI and power connectors. Very neat.
Jim Smith
On Mar 25, 2013, at 5:12 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> I was also thinking of venting/heat issues. And the rat's nest of cables behind it also seem very un-Apple or un-Jony Ives. Not a clean, elegant design. And what length to make the cables?
>
> Still and interesting possibility, that there has to be an elegant answer to.
>
> Brent
>
Jim Smith
On Mar 25, 2013, at 5:12 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> I was also thinking of venting/heat issues. And the rat's nest of cables behind it also seem very un-Apple or un-Jony Ives. Not a clean, elegant design. And what length to make the cables?
>
> Still and interesting possibility, that there has to be an elegant answer to.
>
> Brent
>
Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Doris" untoldexpressions
Thank you.
I deleted omnidisksweeper and flux. Flux was free, it auto dims the screen
at night and I didn't want that anymore so was happy to get rid of it.
Which is better apptrap or app cleaner. As I seem to have both; they serve
the same function do they not? Or do you think I need neither?
I found from my sparse notes psuedoacronym runs scripts or something that
Macs run at 3:00 am but it's my understanding that has changed so I am
thinking I should delete this as well?
X11 I am not a developer and never will be so no harm in deleting this?
Thanks for all your help. I feel better informed already.
Doris
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:38 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> It might help to remove some old 3rd party apps that you don't use and
> more. And maybe even some that you do use.
>
> I run a pretty vanilla system, as far as modifying or maintenance apps. I
> highly recommend you get rid of Omnidisksweeper, but that is just my
> opinion and several others will disagree.
>
> You don't need 100 GB of free space unless you are doing something like
> video work. Many recommend keeping 20% free space or in your case about 50
> GB. You are shooting for 40%.
>
>
> Automator is an Apple app that comes in the Application folder.
>
> Activity Monitor does belong in the Utility folder.
>
> x11 is a Developer's app that Apple offers to the average user. You only
> need it for certain tweeks or developing.
>
>
> App Cleaner is 3rd party app. Several recommend it.
>
> CacheoutXis by softonic.com.
>
> coconutbattery is by coconut-flavour.com
>
> Flux is an advanced Web design tool. Not from Apple and looks expensive.
>
> Omnidisksweeper is a cleaner and not from Apple. Cleaner apps often delete
> needed files and I do not suggest using them.
>
> psuedoacronym is not a Apple app. I can not find any information about it
> as an app.
>
> smcfancontrol is from eidac.de
>
> Onyx is a 3rd party maintenance app that many recommend.
>
> Brent
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Doris wrote:
>
> I have a 13" MacBookPro
> Version 10.8.2
> 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
> 5 GB 106 MHz DDR3, mid 2009
>
> I run disk repair every couple of weeks.
>
> I have the following which I think might all be utilities:
>
> app cleaner
> automator
> cacheoutX
> coconutbattery
> flux
> omnidisksweeper
> psuedoacronym
> smcfancontrol
> activity monitor
> onyx
> x11
>
> There might be others, not sure.
>
> I like to keep my free space above 100, but I failed to check immediately
> after installing 10.8.
>
> I have been deleting (always use secure delete) and it has been going
> several hours daily for three days. It is now all the way up to 88.2 since
> my earlier post.
>
> I won't reformat just yet. Thanks,
>
> Doris
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com > wrote:
>
> > > My computer is slow, lots of spinning balls. Genius bar told me
> updating
> > to
> > > 10.8 would take care of that but it hasn't. I used to have a lot of
> free
> > space but no longer. I have 87.3 out of 249.2 GB. after deleting all my
> > data except for iTunes and iPhoto which I have on Time Machine on two
> > externals.
> >
> > 1. 87.3 GB out of 249.2 GB is still a lot of free space.
> > 2. What year, make, and model of Mac is this?
> > 3. Have you tried running Disk Utility -- Verify Disk ?
> > 4. Do you own any disk utility software besides what's built in to MacOS?
> >
> > > I thought I should remove all apps that I have downloaded and don't use
> > or don't know what they're for.
> >
> > That couldn't hurt.
> >
> > > I'm ready to delete all music from my computer as everything I bought
> > > should be in iCloud, right?
> >
> > I wouldn't do that just yet.
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Jim Saklad mailto:
> > jimdoc@icloud.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
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> > <http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/ >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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I deleted omnidisksweeper and flux. Flux was free, it auto dims the screen
at night and I didn't want that anymore so was happy to get rid of it.
Which is better apptrap or app cleaner. As I seem to have both; they serve
the same function do they not? Or do you think I need neither?
I found from my sparse notes psuedoacronym runs scripts or something that
Macs run at 3:00 am but it's my understanding that has changed so I am
thinking I should delete this as well?
X11 I am not a developer and never will be so no harm in deleting this?
Thanks for all your help. I feel better informed already.
Doris
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:38 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.
> It might help to remove some old 3rd party apps that you don't use and
> more. And maybe even some that you do use.
>
> I run a pretty vanilla system, as far as modifying or maintenance apps. I
> highly recommend you get rid of Omnidisksweeper, but that is just my
> opinion and several others will disagree.
>
> You don't need 100 GB of free space unless you are doing something like
> video work. Many recommend keeping 20% free space or in your case about 50
> GB. You are shooting for 40%.
>
>
> Automator is an Apple app that comes in the Application folder.
>
> Activity Monitor does belong in the Utility folder.
>
> x11 is a Developer'
> need it for certain tweeks or developing.
>
>
> App Cleaner is 3rd party app. Several recommend it.
>
> CacheoutXis by softonic.com.
>
> coconutbattery is by coconut-flavour.
>
> Flux is an advanced Web design tool. Not from Apple and looks expensive.
>
> Omnidisksweeper is a cleaner and not from Apple. Cleaner apps often delete
> needed files and I do not suggest using them.
>
> psuedoacronym is not a Apple app. I can not find any information about it
> as an app.
>
> smcfancontrol is from eidac.de
>
> Onyx is a 3rd party maintenance app that many recommend.
>
> Brent
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Doris wrote:
>
> I have a 13" MacBookPro
> Version 10.8.2
> 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
> 5 GB 106 MHz DDR3, mid 2009
>
> I run disk repair every couple of weeks.
>
> I have the following which I think might all be utilities:
>
> app cleaner
> automator
> cacheoutX
> coconutbattery
> flux
> omnidisksweeper
> psuedoacronym
> smcfancontrol
> activity monitor
> onyx
> x11
>
> There might be others, not sure.
>
> I like to keep my free space above 100, but I failed to check immediately
> after installing 10.8.
>
> I have been deleting (always use secure delete) and it has been going
> several hours daily for three days. It is now all the way up to 88.2 since
> my earlier post.
>
> I won't reformat just yet. Thanks,
>
> Doris
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.
>
> > > My computer is slow, lots of spinning balls. Genius bar told me
> updating
> > to
> > > 10.8 would take care of that but it hasn't. I used to have a lot of
> free
> > space but no longer. I have 87.3 out of 249.2 GB. after deleting all my
> > data except for iTunes and iPhoto which I have on Time Machine on two
> > externals.
> >
> > 1. 87.3 GB out of 249.2 GB is still a lot of free space.
> > 2. What year, make, and model of Mac is this?
> > 3. Have you tried running Disk Utility -- Verify Disk ?
> > 4. Do you own any disk utility software besides what's built in to MacOS?
> >
> > > I thought I should remove all apps that I have downloaded and don't use
> > or don't know what they're for.
> >
> > That couldn't hurt.
> >
> > > I'm ready to delete all music from my computer as everything I bought
> > > should be in iCloud, right?
> >
> > I wouldn't do that just yet.
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Jim Saklad mailto:
> > jimdoc@icloud.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Group FAQ:
> > <http://www.macsuppo
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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