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Originally Posted by Natobasso  Ahem, have you forgotten about repairing permissions?  This is OS X's answer to repairing the desktop: Apps/utilities/diskutility/repair permissions |
True, true. 'Repair permissions' has replaced 'rebuild the desktop' as the standard first thing to do when problems arise.
Another important thing for performance is the cron (daily/weekly/monthly) scripts. Normally the system runs those automatically, but under some circumstances it might not. Those apps I mentioned are good to have around because they let you run the cron scripts manually (among other things). And yes, they're free.