From: dakidd@sonic.net   
      
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    "norborder"  wrote:   
      
   > I was asked if any clean-up/maintenance software should be installed/run on   
   > a friend's Mac book. I have no fucking idea, but I'm sure more than one of   
   > all y'all does. Thanks.   
      
   On a Mac, all the "really critical" stuff is already installed,   
   configured, and ready to rock-n-roll. But there's a catch: MacOS X is a   
   flavor of unix, and like most unix systems, likes to run most of its   
   housekeeping stuff in the wee hours of the night, mainly so it happens   
   when nobody's around to notice the performance degradation that's likely   
   due to the upkeep stuff basically taking over the machine.   
      
   If the Mac is shut down/sleeping at the time the maintenance stuff is   
   supposed to run, it (duh...) won't run. *FOR THE MOST PART* this won't   
   be a problem, and can be easily fixed by making sure the machine is left   
   running around the clock at least a couple times a month. But it CAN   
   lead to certain things not being cleaned up/trimmed   
   down/compressed/packed away as expected, resulting in performance hits   
   ranging from minor to "Sweet jeezus... How did this thing get so   
   slow?!?!?"   
      
   If your friend is one of those who thinks that the rig needs to be shut   
   down anytime it isn't actively in use, point him at a google search for   
   "MacJanitor" - It's a cheap (last I cared enough to bother looking, it   
   was freeware, but it may have gone to another business model) gizmo that   
   takes care of making certain the maintenance stuff that's SUPPOSED to   
   run at (for instance) 3 AM every day actually DOES run at least once a   
   day, regardless of what time that run might happen.   
      
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