Regular maintenance in OS 10.5.2

I have just upgraded to OS 10.5.2 from OS 10.4.11
Under the old system, I used to fix permissions regularly and run the following terminal scripts:
sudo sh /etc/daily
sudo sh /etc/weekly
sudo sh /etc/monthly
These scripts no longer work. Can anyone tell me what the equivalents are under 10.5? Also, apart from fixing permissions and running the (new) scripts, is there anything else I should be doing periodically under OS 10.5.2?

For example, if your HOME directory is not world-readable, none of your files are in the database.
Essentially, you have just made all the files and directories world readable that the permissions on or in your home folder have excluded. It would be easier to just make whatever directories that you want to list in the locate.db world readable. Now you could have a user locate database and keep an elevated security level.

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What regular maintenance needs to be done on iMac to keep it running efficiently?

What regular maintenance needs to be done on iMac to keep it running efficiently?

As long as you don't have to force quit your computer because it has crashed, then the only things year really need to do is (1) maintain a current backup (preferably more than 1 actually, I like to keep one backup out of the house in case there's a fire or theft) and (2) keeping your software and OS up-to-date.
If you experience a kernel panic (your screen will darken and you'll get the message to restart your computer - in several languages) or if you have to hold the power key to force a restart you may experience disk corruption. After such an event you should run Disk Utility and perform a verify disk. This won't repair the damage but will tell you if you need to repair the damage. If you do get such a message, depending on your circumstances and the OS you are using, you'll need to restart your computer with the OS installation DVD or the recovery partition (if you have Lion) and run the repair disk function in Disk Utility.
Windows users are used to doing much more to keep their computers healthy but this is really all you need to be concerned with on a day to day, month to month basis with a Mac.

Where are the regular maintenance updates?

Most expensive/professional software I own licences for
receives maintenance updates and bug fix patches on a regular
basis. Even with shareware and freeware, the patches and updates
just keep coming. Flash Professional should certainly be no
different, there's more than enough bugs to warrant some fixing.
But what did we get? Nothing! Some measly updates for the Flash
player, that's all. Clearly Adobe/Macromedia cannot be trusted in
this department, they just move on to the next project and leave
users to wrestle with bugs.
A few examples off the top of my head:
- The new smoothing algorithm introduced in Flash 8 is
kaputt. It blurs bitmaps even when they're shown in 1:1 scale,
anti-aliasing intentionally aliased stuff. Clearly there's some
rounding error or something messing with the scale of things. For
example, I used Flash 7 to make document and application icons in
128x128. They fit exactly to the pixel grid and when I exported
them from Flash 7 they were sharp as can be. When I export the same
icons to PNG from Flash 8 at 128x128, using the same source files,
the edges are suddenly blurred. With some trial and error I
discovered that I had to export them in 129x129 in order to make
them look as they did from Flash 7, then crop the picture in
Fireworks to 128x128.
- "Convert Lines to Fills" is a mess. It generates a
completely warped rendition of the selected lines if they overlap.
You have to walk Flash through the process by selecting a few lines
well away from eachother, move them away from the rest, convert to
fills, then repeat this process until you finally get a WYSIWYG
rendition of the lines you wanted to convert.
- Various UI graphics bugs. For example if you drag-select
across a number of layers and frames in the timeline and insert or
delete, leftovers from the black selection rectangle are still
visible in the timeline. You have to minimize/maximize the window
to make it redraw correctly.
- If I enter W/H/X/Y coordinates for an object, say "10.0",
it's because I want exactly 10.0. I don't want Flash to arbitrarily
change it sometimes to 10.1 or 9.9. Sometimes you have to enter it
twice to make it stick.
- Flash 'forgets' parts of audio files in the library. I
import a lot of WAV files to the library, and sometimes a few saves
down the line I discover there are mysterious silent gaps in the
audio. I have to re-import the files again to fill these gaps.
- FlashPaper (it installed correctly on very few computers,
you had to fix it in a DOS prompt, or FlashPaper would just hang
when you try to print). I've also had complaints that my FlashPaper
rendered PDF:s won't open in Mac OS X.
These are just a handful of examples I can think of at the
moment, I know I've stumbled upon dozens more and I'm sure there's
a collective pool of thousands. What I want to know is why
Adobe/Macromedia feels it's OK to not bother with maintenance
updates and fixes for a product of this price and magnitude? It's a
despicable business practice I would expect from shady vaporware
peddlers.

It's only your perspective that "nobody seems to care" that
couldn't be anymore incorrect - I see it
first hand how dedicated and caring the developers of flash
are.
I wont get into a platform war either - but i clearly
remember the MS promotion MS was using
claiming the new "Innovative" features of IE7 - specifically
showcases their new tabbed browsing
feature and popup stopper - FF had that long before them -
hardly innovative.
Vista looks and acts very much like Mac OS - at least on the
surface. It's so blaringly obvious to
me that they must have been studying OSX when they were
deisigning Vista.
Anyway - i dont really care about OS - and your points are
totally valid - I'm a PC user only
because flash always runs better on PC then MAC.
I just think your claims that nobody cares and complacency
within Adobe are ill-founded - I am very
much closer to the people that you are talking about and see
their dedication first hand for years -
unless you are as close or closer, it's hard for me to agree.
But if you feel this way from a users POV - then perhaps
something is wrong on a marketing level or
some other area. Flash 8 was developed by Macromedia - the
next version of flash will be developed
by Adobe - let's hold of on judging them until they come out
with the next version - until then,
complaints of non caring and complacency simply hold no
weight.
-regards
-c
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PitchBlank wrote:
>>I don't understand the logic of calling Adobe a
"monopoloy".
>
>
> It couldn't get any more logical, IMHO. Adobe and
Macromedia were the two
> biggest actors in the game, and have (had?) quite a few
overlapping products
> (Freehand/Illustrator, Fireworks/ImageReady/Photoshop,
GoLive/Dreamweaver).
> Then the two companies became one. While this doesn't
constitute a bona fide
> monopoly as such, it's pretty damn close. It's like
Microsoft buying Apple -
> right, so there's still Linux, but it's not like Linux
inspires competitors to
> innovate...
>
> > To be honest - I don't want a new set of tools that
do the same thing.
>
> Neither do I, but Adobe still needs competition or
they'll become more
> complacent than they already are.
>
> > MS is famous for duplicating (stealing) ideas from
others before them and
> calling it "innovative" (example; IE7, Vista).
>
> I don't recall MS ever calling IE7 innovative, and I
don't get this whole
> plagiarism thing with Vista. Where's the ripoff?
Gadgets? Apple stole that from
> Konfabulator. Instant Search? Apple implemented
Spotlight only *after*
> Microsoft had showed off their instant search. The
interface? I don't see
> transparent window elements prominently featured in OS
X, and Apple hardly
> invented the 3D look and feel with drop shadows around
windows. The Vista UI
> isn't a ripoff, it reflects the current fashion in UI
design. If bell bottom
> pants come back, both Lee and Levi's will make them,
without one ripping off
> the other. OS X features several Windows ripoffs (Time
Machine, Spotlight,
> automatic OS updates etc - and Microsoft had its Media
Player in place back
> when Mac users were still fiddling with crummy shareware
like SoundJam), but
> nobody wants to hear about those because they think
Steve Jobs is Jesus.
>
> Anyway, I don't want to get into the whole platform war
thing, my point was
> that Flash is buggy as hell and nobody seems to care,
especially not Adobe. I
> was expecting replies more along the lines of "No, it's
not buggy at all, it's
> flawless and you're a moron".
>

My Mac was hung up, friendly support person helped me empty cache, said to do it once a month. How did I do it? And what other regular maintenance things ought I be doing?

My Mac was hung up, friendly Apple Support person helped me empty the cache, said I should do it once a month. Forgot how I got there to do it. And what other regular mainentance ought I be doing?

See Thomas Reed's Mac Performance Guide, item 7.
You don't need to clean your caches once a month. Doing so will only slow down your computer. OS X takes care of that kind of maintaince.
Clinton

What's your regular maintenance routine?

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So I'm curious: what "maintenance" do you do every so often?

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OS X automatically defrags files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems.
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2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
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6. arRsync (Freeware)
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1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
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Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
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Hi,
I do not do such maintainance. However every night a cvfsck -nv is run. This is a readonly file system check. If in the result of this a line exist which says:
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Then a real filesystem check is needed.
A defrag is only performed on files, not on empty space. It takes very very long, and I do not expect much of it. So I do not do this.
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Maintenance Question for Snow Leopard 10.6.4

I was a PC user for years, new to Mac and I love it. With a PC there was regular maintenance necessary to keep it running faster such as defragging, cleaning out temp files, cleaning registry, running spyware, etc. Are there any regular maintenance things to do with a Mac to keep it running to optimum speed, as I notice my Mac is definitely slower after 8 months of use, especially on the internet? Going from site to site, or even opening new files use to be fairly instantaneous, but it's not anymore. Any advice would be appreciated!

Good gracious, of course there are things that are useful doing. Nothing cleans itself.
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browsers like Safari esp build up extra large history, cache, previews
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What the best system maintenancep app for tiger? I used System Opitimizer X on panther and i just upgraded to tiger a week ago and when i type in text boxes now the text lags a bit behind the key stroke.And yes I know the whole "well osx maintains its self and scripts at 3-5am" speal.

Hi, Kevin.
1. You wrote: "What the best system maintenancep app for tiger? "See my "Maintaining Mac OS X" FAQ. It covers my advice on "regular maintenance" and dispels some common "maintenance myths."
2. You wrote: "when i type in text boxes now the text lags a bit behind the key stroke."
2.1. Check System Preferences > Universal Access > Keyboard and assure Slow Keys is Off.
2.2. You might also want to check Activity Monitor to see if some process is consuming high CPU. See also my "Tuning Mac OS X Performance" FAQ for a variety of troubleshooting and optimizing tips regarding Mac OS X performance.
2.3. Finally, you might also want to note what you mean by "type in text boxes." For example, in Web forms, specific applications, etc. The more specific you can be concerning the circumstances under which the problem occurs, the better.Good luck!
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Can anyone here at the forum please explain what is"maintenance sripts".

What is the difference between -daily, weekly, monthly, maintenance scripts and should this procedure be done on Macbook Pro's?

More about Maintenance Scripts (and how to run them) here:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html
Yes, you allow them to run periodically. You can also use the free utility Onyx to do this:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/onyx.html
as well as the alternatives mentioned in the first link.
Repairing permissions is also an important part of regular maintenance, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).
In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.
This only takes a minute or two.
And so save you asking:
What are permissions?
Every file and folder on a Mac OS X hard drive has a set of permissions—settings that determine which user(s) have access to each item, and exactly what that access is. For example, permissions dictate whether or not a particular user can open and edit a particular file. But permissions also determine which items the operating system—or specific parts of it—can access and modify, and which files are accessible by applications.
What does repairing permissions do?
The Repair Disk Permissions function—the process that actually performs the task of repairing permissions—examines certain files and folders on your Mac’s hard drive to see if their current permissions settings are what Mac OS X expects them to be; if discrepancies are found, the offending permissions are changed to match the expected settings.
(In Mac OS X 10.3 and later, repairing permissions also performs one other, unrelated, task: If the invisible /tmp symbolic link—which is linked to the /private/tmp directory—is missing, the link will be recreated.)
Why is it necessary to repair permissions?
If permissions on particular files are “incorrect”—i.e., not what Mac OS X expects them to be or not what they need to be for your Mac’s normal operation—you can experience problems when the operating system tries to access or modify those files. For example, you may have trouble logging in to your account, printing, launching applications, or even starting up your Mac. Similarly, if an application—from Apple or a third-party developer—needs access to a particular file or folder to function, and the permissions on that item have changed in a way that prevents such access, the application may not function properly (or at all). The Repair Disk Permissions function can fix such problems by ensuring that certain files have the correct permissions.
There’s also a security element here: Many system-level files have permissions set a particular way so that applications or users that shouldn’t be meddling with those files can’t. If the permissions on certain system-level files somehow get changed so that access to those files is no longer restricted, you’ve got the potential for a major security issue. Repairing permissions can resolve such issues by resetting permissions on those files to prevent unauthorized access.
How do I repair permissions?
The Repair Disk Permissions function is part of Apple’s Disk Utility (in /Applications/Utilities). After launching Disk Utility, select the desired disk—generally your startup disk—in the list to the left, then click the First Aid tab. At the bottom of the First Aid panel, click the Repair Disk Permissions button. (You could instead use the Verify Disk Permissions option to preview any potential repairs before performing them, but for most users there’s little benefit from this extra step.)
Permissions can also be repaired via the shell (Terminal) by using the command sudo diskutil repairPermissions /. However, it’s unlikely that the typical user will ever need to perform the task in this manner. It’s useful if for some reason Disk Utility itself won’t launch, or for repairing permissions on a remote Mac when connected via Remote Login (SSH), but otherwise you’re just as well served using Disk Utility.
How does the Repair Disk Permissions function know what the “correct” permissions are?
When you use Apple’s Installer utility to install software (such as Mac OS X itself or an OS X update), the installation package (the .pkg file you double-click to begin installation, or that Software Update downloads in the background for an automatic installation) generally leaves behind a receipt—a smaller Mac OS X package that includes information about every file installed, including the permissions each file should have. This receipt is placed in /Library/Receipts. When you run the Repair Disk Permissions function, it examines the receipts in the /Library/Receipts directory of the disk being repaired—which means the feature works only on volumes with Mac OS X installed—and compares the information in the receipt with the actual files on your drive. If the Repair Disk Permissions function finds a file with permissions that differ from what a receipt claims they should be, that file’s permissions are reset to their receipt-specified values. (If you’re curious about the information contained in a receipt, the easiest way to view it is to use the utility Pacifist; simply drag and drop the appropriate receipt into the Pacifist window and you’ll be presented with a list of all files installed by the similarly-named installation package, along with each file’s original permissions.)
It’s worth noting here that although the function is called “Repair Disk Permissions,” what is actually happening is that files’ permissions are being reset or restored to a particular state. It’s possible—though not common—for a particular file’s permissions to differ from what a receipt claims they should be without those permissions actually being “broken.”
Are all files affected by Repair Disk Permissions?
No. As you may have inferred from the above description, only those files installed using OS X’s Installer utility and whose installation packages leave behind a proper receipt in /Library/Receipts are affected by the Repair Disk Permissions function. This means that most of the files affected by the Repair Disk Permissions function are system-level files, application files, or system add-ons—not applications installed by drag-and-drop, and not your documents or other user-level files.
If repairing permissions is useful in general, why doesn’t Apple recommend it as routine maintenance?
Apple does, quite explicitly:
It’s a good idea to repair disk permissions as a regular maintenance task after upgrading or installing new software.
That’s taken from Mac Help—in both Panther and Tiger—right on your Mac. Similar statements can be found in other Support articles, one of which is:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751

Cleaning and maintenance round up

i have a few little programs, onyx, clean my mac (wants 50 bucks!), leopard cache cleaner etc
where is there a roundup of what i need to both keep things smooth and save space?
do these programs all share tasks? im rather certain for example that onyx and leopard cache cleaner both do some things in common.
what would the best single program or combo of programs to both keep unwanted files out of the way (languages etc) as well as keeping whats there optimized and running smoothly
any help would be appreciated.

I bit of regular maintenance is all you really need:
Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).
In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.
This only takes a minute or two in Tiger, but much longer in Leopard.
Background information here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751
and here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
By the way, you can ignore any messages about SUID or ACL file permissions, as explained here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US
If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
More useful reading here:
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US

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Hi,
jchutch2 wrote:
I'm looking for maintenance commands for iplanets ldap. I got a core file in my log directory for iplanet ldap and I had to restart the service completely. The database is VERY heavily used, so I figured a bit maintenance work would work wonders. Any thoughts?A few thoughts:
=> This is not the appropriate forum for directory server questions, this forum deals with messaging/calendar/instant messaging server.
=> If you have a core file you need to log a Sun support case to have that core analysed and get a bug-fix/patch. This of course assumes you have a support contract.
=> Please provide the version of directory server you are running in future posts.
=> iPlanet directory server doesn't need regular 'maintenance'. The only operation you may need to perform is a reindex of the caches (if you have done a lot of changes).
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One of our client would like to give the user access to table V_T0244B (Credit Representative Groups) for regular maintenance (daily acitivity) without generating transport requests.
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Hello Seshathalpa
The view V_T024B has the "Standard recording routine" and your client the option "Automatic recording of changes" defined. If you turn of the automatic recording (transaction SALE) you can customize without any request.
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