getting rid of extra junk

me8k · #1 September 13th, 2009, 08:45 AM

what used to be taken care of by deleting preferences--does disk utility do the job in os 10.4.11? or can I still delete preferences?

Natobasso · #2 September 13th, 2009, 10:53 PM

Don't delete preferences unless you want to create havoc on your computer.

Repair permissions, should work a treat!
http://thesalon.blogspot.com/2009/04...to-repair.html

Also get OnyX or Cocktail to run cron scripts periodically.

CacheOut deletes simple internet and file caches to help keep your comp running well.

Curiosity · #3 September 14th, 2009, 02:53 AM

I have a nice utility called Macaroni, which does the daily, weekly, and monthly disk maintenance tasks regardless of when the computer is on, off, or sleeping. It is not free, but to me it was worth the price. If you do not like the idea of plists being left behind when you uninstall applications, you can get Appzapper (also not free, but reasonable) to zap the whole works for you.

DICKSTER · #4 September 14th, 2009, 06:17 AM

You can delete preferences okay and they will just create new prefence files.--DON'T DELETE PREFERENCE PANES. Thats where you will run into problems. My experience----
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