Best Order to Perform Cleaning and Maintenance?

Hello. Is there any order that's best to run System Maintenance Scripts, Caches cleaning, Optimizing the System, and Rebuilding the Launch Services Database? Do I need to restart between any of the operations, or just one time after they're all completed? Thanks.

Hello. Is there any order that's best to run System Maintenance Scripts, Caches cleaning, Optimizing the System, and Rebuilding the Launch Services Database?
Yes, after a complete backup, and after not doing any of the listed things unless you are actually having problems.
Seriously, back up before doing things to the system. None of the things you mentioned really needs doing unless you are actually having problems.
OSX runs its own maintenance scripts that do some of the things.
Maybe rebuild LaunchServvices if it is really looking messy and you are having problems with files finding applications.
I am not sure exactly what "Optimizing the System" is. This sounds to me like it is coming out of some disk defragmentation utility. OSX does some defragmentation on its own and you only get into serious fragmentation issues if you crowd your drive with huge files.
The best maintenance thing you can do is make sure you always have sufficient disc space so OSX can run comfortably. OSX is always creating temporary files. On my computer it routinely uses 6GB drive space so I like to leave it about 18 minimum.
Periodically run Disk Utility to verify your drive and permissions, especially before and after installing software and if you have problems. Repair if necessary.
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Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
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