What's the point of "All My Files" at Finder sidebar?

Just curious, because it seems useless, and even more because a search won't show folder path for selected items...

Not sure about this one; I certainly haven't figured out what its' purpose is supposed to be. I spent a little time on the support site - nothing; looked at all the "features" page - nothing; and then I found this:
http://www.edibleapple.com/new-all-my-files-icon-in-os-x-lion-pays-homage-to-ste ve-jobs/
guess that answers both of our questions.....

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What's the point of this code?

Hi, I'm getting an error in a program.
So I went to look in the code where the error is displayed.
And I found this:
z_nbjr = sy-datum - z_fromdt.
if z_nbjr > 1.
message is displayed.
Now, z_fromdt is the value TVARV-LOW for 'ZVDL_VBUK_LAST_RUN', and the message that is displayed is 'Please rebuild index file ZVDL_VBUK'.
Can anyone explain to me what is the point of this? What is TVARV-LOW?
And why do they make this check? And how do I rebuild the index file?

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christophe latinne wrote:
> Can anyone explain to me what is the point of this? What is TVARV-LOW?
> And why do they make this check? And how do I rebuild the index file?
As Pushpraj has already pointed out correctly, TVARV is where the variants are stored. It's rather strange that you've never seen fields like LOW and HIGH, because they're also used in the ABAP range tables (see Help for command RANGES).
Since this is all your custom development, we, unfortunately, cannot know what is the point of all this. I'm guessing that the message to "rebuild the index" is also custom and, therefore, you would need to find a documentation for the program in question or ask your colleagues what this could mean. Also check if there is a long text available for the message (although I doubt that).
Most likely it's some kind of an internal process of running some other program.

What is the point of Apple TV anyway?

I must be missing something but I don't see the point of the Apple TV:
If one has to convert all video, presentation and other material to run on Apple TV. What is the point?
All these converted videos, etc. don't only take up time to convert but take up unnecessary disk space too. What is the point?
Surely Apple will make future versions of its DVD Player, iLife, and iWorks, especially Keynote, compatible with Apple TV so that one can stream DVD's, Keynote presentations, etc. directly to a TV via Apple TV without having to "rip" ones DVD's and convert them or convert all ones presentations into QuickTime. Otherwise, what is the point?
As for movies on iTunes tell me what proportion of the population buy their movies? Most movies are only worth watching once, if that, so most of us rent them for far less than the cost of buying. You can't rent movies for Apple TV. So, what is the point?
For teaching situations it would also make sense for Apple to make it possible to "stream" the Mac desktop, including running applications to a large screen TV to allow it to be used as teaching tool in lecture theatres, classrooms, etc. I say it again, what is the point?

If one has to convert all video, presentation and
other material to run on Apple TV. What is the
point?
One doesn't have to convert all video. A great deal of compatible MPEG-4 formatted content (including MPEG part 10, a.k.a. H.264) is available from diverse sources, including Apple's iTunes Music Store. One interesting source you may not be aware of is video podcasts. Just as audio podcasts have become popular as a distribution format for audio content, so too now is the video version. An easy way to sample what is available is through the "Apple TV Showcase," accessible from the Podcast section of iTunes Music Store.
All these converted videos, etc. don't only take up
time to convert but take up unnecessary disk space
too. What is the point?
Nothing says you have to keep multiple versions of this content on your hard drive(s). In fact, H.264 is the current state of the art in video compression, offering higher quality vs. file size than any other codec. Most people find that even for HD content up to 720p24, Apple TV's 5 Mbps limit produces either no visible compromise or so little that the file space saved is well worth the tradeoff. Moreover, the number of standard DVD's (which use MPEG-2 compression) that contain content that can't be re-compressed in H.264 at <5 Mbps with no losses at all are few & far between.
<div class="jive-quote">Surely Apple will make future versions of its DVD
Player, iLife, and iWorks, especially Keynote,
compatible with Apple TV so that one can stream
DVD's, Keynote presentations, etc. directly to a TV
via Apple TV without having to "rip" ones DVD's and
convert them or convert all ones presentations into
QuickTime. Otherwise, what is the point?
Only Apple can say what Apple will do, but remember that there are a number of issues involved here, not the least of which is DRM & the legality of providing software that defeats protection schemes, that may prevent it from doing what consumers would like it to do.
As for movies on iTunes tell me what proportion of
the population buy their movies? Most movies are only
worth watching once, if that, so most of us rent them
for far less than the cost of buying. You can't rent
movies for Apple TV. So, what is the point?
Not that long ago, most industry pundits thought the consumer market for buying commercial releases of movies or TV shows was insignificant -- that for instance consumers would prefer to see movies in theaters & have no interest in buying them afterwards, or that they would only be interested in rentals. I don't know if you have noticed, but they were wrong ... to the tune of billions of dollars in revenue per year that often exceed the revenue from theatrical releases.
Some of these same pundits more recently predicted that selling TV shows by the episode, particularly at less than HD resolution, would have no marketing potential -- after all, why buy something you could watch or record for free? Once again, they were wrong. It turns out that some people just like collecting episodes, others are eager to buy a missed episode of a favored show, still others are willing to pay for selected cable content but not for cable TV, & so on.
At the same time, bricks & mortar rental chains like Blockbuster (the world's largest) have seen profits plummet, prompting ever greater reliance on other products, including in-store sales & their own online services, still oriented toward rentals. Other retail giants like Wal-Mart have tried online rental services, too. So far, all these rental-oriented services have yet to exceed "also ran" status compared to Apple's success.
Put simply, the point is renting is becoming less popular & ownership --particularly when it is comparatively easy & cheap -- more popular.
For teaching situations it would also make sense for
Apple to make it possible to "stream" the Mac
desktop, including running applications to a large
screen TV to allow it to be used as teaching tool in
lecture theatres, classrooms, etc. I say it again,
what is the point?
The point here is that products that do this already exist, but the market for them is very limited compared to the one the much cheaper Apple TV targets.
Put another way, what "makes sense" to consumers (the fabled $100 laptop, for example) doesn't necessarily mean it makes sense in commercial terms, no matter how badly people want it or how well it would sell.
iMac G5/2.0 GHz 17" ALS (Rev B) Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.5 GB, Kensington Trackball

I have a Windows 7 laptop using I tunes 64 and all my music files are on an external disc. I rarely use I tunes and at one point moved all my files (including the music files) from one external disc to another without considering what affect this wou

I have a Windows 7 laptop using I tunes 64 and all my music files are
on an external disc. I rarely use I tunes and at one point moved all my files
(including the music files) from one external disc to another without
considering what affect this would have on the I tunes library. When I eventually
attempted to use I tunes, every selected a song from the library resulted in a
message stating that the file couldn't be located. After following some of the procedures
explained in this community I was able to reconnect the library back to where
the associated music files are presently stored. However, there are still 2
problems that need to be corrected. 1) Every song file now has a duplicate. One
file works and the other file will result in the same message stating that the
file couldn't be located. Before there were 4,000 songs in the library, now
there are 8,000 songs. I need to eliminate the 4,000 dead song files. 2) All
the playlists are still associated with the dead song files which makes the
playlists unusable. Can the playlists be reconnected to the usable files
without manually having to recreate them? Thanks in advance for the help.
sdkr

So am I understanding correctly?
You used your iPod as a hard drive (drag and drop) instead of having iTunes install the music?
If you used drag and drop your choices are different than if you used iTunes to transfer.
Good luck!

What's the point of buying 200 gb storage if when I delete a photo from my iphone is cleared on all devices, I want the photos I take remain stored in the cloud and to make room on my iphone

what's the point of buying 200 gb storage if when I delete a photo from my iphone is cleared on all devices, I want the photos I take remain stored in the cloud and to make room on my iphone

Yes...I do not get it

I have two HDs. How do I point All My Files in Finder to the second HD where my data files are?

I have a SSHD that has the OS and all apps. In finder All My Files points to it. How do I change it to look at my big, data HD?
Thanks.

As I pointed, and esp. with an SSD, leave the home library on t he boot drive works great.
The sidebar can have whatever you want, maybe not the default pretty icon for the default folders, but folders, hdd etc that you drag onto the sidebar. Folders, not files.
Using OS X with an SSD plus HDD setup, by Matt Gemmell
http://mattgemmell.com/using-os-x-with-an-ssd-plus-hdd-setup/
How to relocate system and user data to another drive:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57603361-263/how-to-move-a-home-folder-in-o s-x/
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4337
To successfully relocate your operating system, user accounts and data from one storage device to another, meet the following conditions:
The destination storage device (SSD drive or hard drive) you are migrating to should be physically located in the same computer. Moving operating system files from one computer to another computer using software not specifically designed for that computer can cause issues due to software, hardware, and firmware version mismatches.
Always back up your storage device with Time Machine or Disk Utility before you start.
Home Folders not on a Startup volume
http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupOther.html

Seriously, what is the point in Firefox 29 in removing from Sync the ability to copy all the settings on Device A to Device B?

Sync used to work, albeit clunkily before Firefox 29. Now it does nothing at all in Firefox 29. What is the point? Bring back Sync functionality so we can copy all the tabs, bookmarks, passwords, and history from Device A to Device B.

Tyler - Yes I have, yes they are, and yes they are.
No, Sync is very different in Firefox 29. Before, you could pair a device and specify that you want copy all the tabs, history, bookmarks, and passwords on Device A to Device B and it would do it. It worked. Now in Firefox 29 you upgrade, you log in, you ask it to Sync and nothing happens. It does not work.

What happens if someone puts all their files on the desktop

What happens if someone puts all their files on their desktop (i.e. iMac Intel)?

They get a very cluttered desk-top and find it very difficult to find anything.

What is the point of the download window if you use stacks?

Greetings,
One of the most annoying things about the download window was the fact that the window always hung around after completing dowloads in Tiger when using safari. To me, that was just a time waster of always pressing Apple+W to close that window.
When Leopard was released, I was excited to realize that one function of the download stack was to recevie downloads from safari after completed. However, after completion, the download window still sticks around and I still have to close it... then navigate to my stack of downloads to mount the image. What is the point of the download window is I use stacks now? Why can't the window disappear after completion?
//Cheers

Aaargh!! Me too - it's so annoying! Firefox has a downloads window as well - I just don't see the point of it. I didn't like it in Tiger either.
As a way to see the progress of downloads, it's fine, but it should at least close when all the downloads are finished, and completed downloads should not display.
Ideally it should look & work exactly like the Copy window in Finder - the one that comes up when you are copying or moving a large file or number of files from one folder to another.
Is there a hack that will make it work like that?

JWSDP and J2EE Integration: Doesn't work. What's the point?

My problems involve the integration of JWSDP and J2EE as described in these two documents:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/wsj2ee/
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/documentation/windows_guide.html
It looks like a long one, but it�s really not that bad. All comments are appreciated.
I�ve numbered each line-paragraph-section for easy reference later.
(1) My ultimate goal is to setup a website that displays data from a database. I will use Java, Apache, Oracle, and whatever else I need to create a website that uses servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and JDBC.
(2) I�ve got four Pentium III computers:
1. Windows 2000 Server to be the web server (MyWebServer, IP = 10.10.1.1).
2. Windows 2000 Professional to be the database server (MyDatabaseServer, IP = 10.10.1.2).
3. Windows 2000 Professional that I use to develop and test (MyDeveloperPC, IP = 10.10.1.3).
4. Windows 2000 Professional that I use as a client to connect to the website (MyClientPC, IP = 10.10.1.4).
(3) On MyWebServer I installed the following:
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE)
Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Java Web Services Developer Pack (JWSDP)
The JWSDP tutorial
Apache HTTP Server
(4) The files I downloaded and installed are as follows:
j2sdk-1_4_0-rc-win.exe
j2sdkee-1_3_1-win.exe
jwsdp-1_0-ea1-win.exe
jwsdp-1_0-ea1_01-tutorial.zip
apache_1.3.23-win32-x86-no_src.exe
(5) After installing these products, I set the environment variables as follows:
JAVA_HOME = c:\j2se
J2EE_HOME = c:\j2ee
JWSDP_HOME = c:\jwsdp
Path = c:\j2se\bin;c:\j2ee\bin;c:\jwsdp\bin; [and other previous statements]
(6) I checked to see that Apache is running as a service. It is.
On MyWebServer I start Tomcat and J2EE. Both start properly and are operating simultaneously.
(7) From MyClientPC I open Internet Explorer and in the address box I type:
http://10.10.1.1
This displays the page c:\ApacheHTTP\apache\htdocs\index.html.en (The Apache default server installation page.)
(8) I then enter this address in IE:
http://10.10.1.1:8080
This displays the page c:\jwsdp\webapps\root\index.html (The default JWSDP page).
(9) I then enter this address in IE:
http://10.10.1.1:8000
This displays the page c:\j2ee\public_html\index.html (The J2EE 1.3 Default Home Page).
(10) So far so good. Now I want to test JWSDP as a container for JSP pages.
(11) I use ant to build the converter app found in the tutorial examples (in folder c:\jwsdp\�\tutorial\examples\gs). I then deploy the converter app to the c:\jwsdp\webapps\gs folder.
(12) From MyClientPC I open Internet Explorer and in the address box I type:
http://10.10.1.1:8080/gs
The converter app works perfectly.
(13) To eliminate the need to enter the port number, I create a link from the Apache default server installation page to the converter app. From MyClientPC and enter this address into IE:
http://10.10.1.1
I then click on the link to the converter app and it works perfectly.
(14) Question: Is this the best way to display JSP pages without having to enter the port number?
(15) Now it�s time to integrate JWSDP and J2EE as described in these two documents:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/wsj2ee/
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/documentation/windows_guide.html
(16) After I complete this integration I cannot start both Tomcat and J2EE at the same time. This makes sense because they both share port 8080.
I start Tomcat.
(17) From MyClientPC and use Internet Explorer to test the various relevant addresses. Everything works the same as it did before except this one:
http://10.10.1.1:8000
The page cannot be displayed. The J2EE default home page is not displayed, which makes sense because the J2EE port is no longer 8000; it has been changed to 8080.
(18) Now I shutdown Tomcat and start J2EE.
From MyClientPC and use Internet Explorer to test the various relevant addresses:
(19) http://10.10.1.1:8080
Displays the JWSDP default home page.
(20) http://10.10.1.1:8080/gs
The page cannot be displayed. The converter app no longer works.
(21) From MyWebServer and use Internet Explorer to test localhost:
http://localhost:8080
This displays the J2EE default home page.
(22) Question: Why does localhost give me a different page than the IP address?
(23) Question: What was the point of integrating JWSDP and J2EE?
(24) I want to get the converter app working, so I create a .war file and attempt to add it to the J2EE deploytool (see the two integration documents listed above at section 15.) I create the .war file following the instructions in the JWSDP tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/ea1/tutorial/doc/WebApp3.html#64606
(25) I change to the c:\jwsdp\�\tutorial\examples\gs\build folder.
I then type:
jar cvf converter.war .
A .war file is created.
(26) I open the deploytool: File, New, Application, and I name it �converter�.
I attempt to add the .war file: File, Add to Application, Web WAR.
(27) When I attempt to add the converter.war file I get this error:
�converter.war does not appear to be a valid web JAR.�
I tried a few different attempts, all with the same result. I�m stuck.
(28) I ask again, What was the point of integrating JWSDP and J2EE?
(29) If this is the preferred configuration, how do I display my JSP pages like the converter app?
Please help!!!

The JWSDP tutorial says to be in the �build� folder of the example when issuing the jar command to create the .war file. The build folder is created when I run the �ant build� command.
Attempt 1 from the command prompt in folder c:\jwsdp\tutorial\examples\gs\build>
I typed this command:
jar cvf c:\jaxmservices\converter.war .
In this case I directed the .war file to be placed in a different folder as you suggested. Here�s the output:
added manifest
adding: index.jsp(in = 921) (out= 525)(deflated 42%)
adding: WEB-INF/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: WEB-INF/classes/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: WEB-INF/classes/Converter.class(in = 582) (out= 358)(deflated 38%)
Didn�t work. Same error as before.
Attempt 2 from the same folder:
I typed this command as you suggested (I tried it with and without the final dot):
jar tvf converter.war
Here is the output:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: converter.war (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:103)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
at sun.tools.jar.Main.run(Main.java:185)
at sun.tools.jar.Main.main(Main.java:904)
I tried a few other variations on these attempts with no luck. I�m stuck.
I�m attempting to create a .war file out of two files: index.jsp and converter.class.
Now that I�ve integrated JWSDP and J2EE, is there some other way that I can run the converter app instead of a .war file and the deploytool? In other words, if I go back to using ant to build and deploy converter, where would I deploy it so that it will work with J2EE?
By the way, it doesn�t have to be converter. I�d be happy if I could get any JSP page to work in J2EE after the integration.
Forever grateful,
Logan

What's the point in icluding?

Hello people,
I'm wondering: what's the point in including code in a JSP using the
<%@include...%> directive if I must "touch" every single page that is including it if I want the modified verion of the included page to be reloaded by the server?!
Is there a way around this?
I know that including with <jsp:include.../> will have the server reload the included page if it has been modified.
But if I use this type of include, variables defined and intialized in the included page won't be visible by the parent page and that doesn't help me at all (or am I mistaking on this one? please tell me).
Thanks a lot for any help,
svevo.

Hi guys, thanks for answering! :)
Still though what I'm reading here doesn't solve my problem:
using
<jsp:include page="myinclude.jsp" flush="true" />
doesn't let objects and/or variables in the including page to be visible in the included page and viceversa and that's a problem for the webapp I'm developing.
On the other hand files included with
<%@include file="myinclude.jsp"%>
are not reloaded unless the including page is reloaded as well (and that's a pain and makes including code this way basicly worthless IMHO).
What I need is a way to include code that will be able to use objects and variable declared and initialized in the including page and that we'll reload each time it is changed without having to track each single page using the included code and modify that as well so that is realoded by the server. Nor I can reload tomcat.
So, has anybody encountered the same problem?
Has anyone found a workaround for this?
Thanks a lot! :)
svevo

What's the point of archiving to ALAC?

I did all the googling and learned pretty much all I need to know about archiving my 1000 CD collection to ALAC. And I just successfully ripped my first ever CD to ALAC.
The only question I never saw answered anywhere was whether or not there is any advantage to ALAC for archive purposes now that hard drives are so cheap.
I just bought a 2TB drive at Costco for $130.
The first CD I ripped was 693mb, per iTunes. Once I ripped it to ALAC, it was 450mb. That's a space savings of 35%.
If my average CD has 650mb of data on it ... times 1000 CDs in my collection ... that 635 gigs.
If I save 35% via ALAC, that's now 412 gigs. That (now, on a 2TB drive) is a negligible difference.
So I'm asking ... what's the point? This isn't 2004 when 200 gigs would have cost a lot of money.
I understand for playback, ALAC is cool because you've got tags and album artwork.
But for archiving a CD collection to a hard drive just for the purpose of safe storage ... is there any advantage anymore to converting the file format?
Why not just use Toast or whatever and save a bunch of disc images?

John_Neumann wrote:
Thank you, Ed2345.
Regarding your last sentence ... isn't making a new physical CD pretty much the same process whether disc image or ALAC? I understand you just drop an IMG into Toast and hit burn ... or drop an ALAC into XLD and hit burn. Or is there a step I still don't understand?
-JOHN
John,
It is not actually the same process. The burn from disc image copies the image, i.e. all contents and structure, onto the CD. The burn from ALAC (or WAV or AIFF) reconstructs the audio, creates a table of contents, adds its own gaps, and then burns that to the CD.
However, if your future intent is to use the songs in a player such as iTunes, the ALAC files will be ready to go, while the disc image will still need ripping.

What's the point of redo logs?

Why does Oracle bother writing everything to redo logs? If it's going to write data changes to the disk, why not just write them once to the data files and be done with it? What's the point of doing it twice? And if it's a redundancy thing, why not mirror the data disks?

Hemant K Chitale wrote:
How would you backup a database while it is in use ? You can't lock all the datafiles to prevent writes to them. Yet, transactions may be updating different blocks in different datafiles even as the backup is in progress. Say your backup starts with datafile 1 (or even datafiles 1,2,3,4 in parallel) at time t0. By time t5, it has copied 20% of the datafile to tape or alternate disk backup location. Along comes a transaction that updates the 100th block (somewhere within the 10-11% range) of datafile 1 and also the 60th block of datafile 5. Meanwhile, the backup continues running, already having taken a prior image of the 100th block and not being aware that the block has been changed. At time t25 it completes datafile 1 (or datafiles 1,2,3,4) and starts backing up datafile 5. Now, when it copies the 60th block of datafile 5, it (the backup utility) doesn't know that this block is inconsistent with the backup image of the 100th block of datafile 1.
Instead of 1 transaction imagine 100 or 1000 transactions occurring while the backup is running.
Surely, Oracle must be able to regenerate a consistent image of the whole database when it is restored ?
That is what the Redo stream provides. The Redo stream is written to Archivelogs so that it can be backed up -- no Archivelog file is "in flux" (particularly if you use RMAN to backup the Archivelogs as well !).
Had Oracle been merely writing to the datafiles alone, without a Redo stream, there is no way it could recreate a consistent database -- whether after Crash Recovery OR after Media Recovery.Interesting point about how redo logs facilitate backups. So what you're saying is that the redo logs help keep the data in the actual data files in a consistent state by only writing full transactions to them at a time. Presumably Oracle will either write out the redo log data to the data files before a backup or will at least prevent the redo logs from writing to the data files during a backup. I always wondered how databases got around that problem of keeping the system available for writing during a backup. I wonder how SQL Server does it.
Hemant K Chitale wrote:
Now, approach this from another angle. A database consists of 10 or 100 or 500 datafiles. You have 10 or 100 or 1000 sessions issuing COMMITs to complete their transactions, which could be of 1 row or 100 rows or 1million rows, each transaction of a different size. Should the 1000 sessions be forced to wait while Oracle writes all those updated blocks to disk in different datafiles -- how many blocks can it write in "an instant" ?
But what if Oracle manages to write much less information -- the bare minimum (called "change vectors") to re-play every transaction to a single file serially ? That would be much faster. Imagine writing to 500 datafiles concurrently, having to open the file, progess to the required block address and update the block, for each block changed in each file VERSUS writing much lesser information serially to a single file -- if the file is full, switch to another file, but keep writing serially.As to your second point, I don't really have a good enough understanding about the format of redo logs vs. the data files to follow you totally. Are you saying that it takes more time to write to the data files because you have to find the proper place in the B-Tree before you can write to it? And that doing that is slower than just opening the redo log and always appending new information to the very end? Maybe so, but it seems like all transactions having to write to a single redo log in serial would slow things down since there would be a ton of contention for one file. Whereas with the data files, you could potentially have several transactions writing to different files simultaneously (provided you hardware would support doing that). And it seems to me like a change vector would contain a lot more information than a field value, but, like I said, I'm not really familiar with the format.

What's the point of updates - if..

Why do the upgrades tend to mess up my other applications? DVD Studio Pro - Bluetooth. I just feel what's the point of getting upgrades now. I did the Pro Application Support application which did take care of my DVD SP - however shouldn't upgrades be exactly that - UPGRADING - not have causes more problems. Taking time away from the work that needs to be done. Sorry - just had to rant a bit.

If you do a search on these forums it would probably boil down to doing these things.
Permissions Repair
Whenever a program that's installed places items into the /Library folder and Applications folder, it often has to amend permissions in order to do so which is why authenticating as an 'Admin' user is required so that it's able to carry out these amendments and place files where they should be and have their correct permissions assigned. Sometimes this change is not always corrected and may affect other programs operation. To help reduce side affects like normal User account being able to change and delete programs in the 'Applications' folder. Disk Utility located in /Applications/Utilities has a 'Permissions Repair' routine which ensures that the proper permissions are assigned based on their package rules.
Cron Scripts
These are scripts which the OS usually initiates itself, but performing them manually by using the Terminal can be beneficial.
Good programs worth looking into are, Onyx available at www.macupdate.com
Running it's maintenance scripts means you don't have to go into the Terminal manually and it does it's stuff very well, I've used it since 10.2 and never had a problem with it, it's updated regular, it's free and better than similar programs doing the same both free and those that charge.
Safe Boot
Starting up the computer after the chime and holding the 'Shift' key down, runs the fsck command, which verifies and fixes any problems with a startup volume, though not all, it also deletes the font cach and databases, so some issues with fonts can be helped by doing this, also if you seem to be getting conflicts in software, this can help to make sure the Apple components are working fine as it only loads the minimum 'kexts' and drivers so the computer operates, almost the equivalent in OS9 but not exactly.
There's lots more but doing these few things can help keep a system in shape, especially if no time was spent doing it beforehand. A note though, doing Permissions repair is not part of a 'Regular' maintenance routine, if you see message like 'Do not have permission' then it's worth doing it then.
Mark

What's the point of FileVault?

Of the many recent changes and updates that Lion offers, FileVault has me a little baffled. What's the point of it? Does it allow me to encrypt my files and folders with a password? If so, I haven't seen that option yet. After turning on FileVault, Lion started the process of encrypting my files (so it says) but without the option to enable a password for folders and programs, I'm not sure I understand what purpose it serves.

I use FileVault on all of my systems, which include two MacBook Pro systems (one with dual hard drives), a Mac Mini, and an XServe, and have enabled it on numerous other Macs that colleagues have used, and also enable encryption on most of my external hard drives.
You can clone your encrypted drive, though you might have troubles doing block-level clones. Once the drive is unlocked and mounted the system treats it as any other drive, and you can use Carbon Copy Cloner or another cloning tool to file-level clone your drive. The problem with cloning Lion drives with file-level cloning is you will not copy the hidden Recovery HD partiton, but this hurdle is present regardless of whether or not you have FileVault 2 enabled. However, it only takes a few more steps to restore the Recovery HD partition when cloning or restoring your system from backup (it just takes remembering to do so, since cloning is not officially supported by Apple as a backup/recovery routine).
Installing new applications and managing documents is seamless, and is the same as if you install them on any other OS X system. The encryption happens underneath the OS, so OS X, documents, and applications you use are unaware of it and work as they would on any system.
Your concerns about losing the password are good ones, but if you already set your system to use the login window instead of automatic login then there is no difference (the regular use of the login window ensures you remember your password). The same password is used to unlock the drive and then log into your account once the system is booted. The difference with login is that you will need to specify the users who are able to unlock the drive (done in the FileVault system preferences). If a user is not, then the initial login window will not show that user account, and to get to that account another user will have to log in, and then log out so the unauthorized user can access his account.
In terms of performance problems, I've not seen any in my uses (primarily office and computational analysis with programs such as Igor Pro, Matlab); however, I use SSDs in my systems so this greatly increases overall performance and results will likely be different if you are using the slower classic HDD technology.

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