Cocktail

I would also use some free tools like Cocktail or Onyx to clean caches. ...

Hi and welcome on macosx.com forums Jerry. Free hard space What about the free space on your drive ? Tiger is able to request up to 8G (check in my config PPC) for swapping memory onto files, especially if many applications are opened on the same time. So, one say that keeping at least 15% of your hard drive, with a minimum of 10G is a good healthy decision ! ...

I keep getting the "Startup Disk is almost full" error message even though I know I had plenty of available memory. After searching the forums here, I downloaded Cocktail and cleared the caches, logs, and temporary files. ...

work perfectly. I wondered whether one of the diagnostic software apps like Cocktail or MacPilot may have disabled it? ...

Many of you will be aware that Leopard is now available. Here are some problems already found by a colleague. First make a bootable backup of your existing computer onto an external HD using Superduper or Carbon Copy Cloner 3.01 as this ensures that if the update is a disaster you can go back to where you started from (by booting off the backup and copying it back to the...

Many of you will be aware that Leopard is now available. I thought I would give some advice on upgrading a few issues that I have found. First make a bootable backup of your existing computer onto an external HD using Superduper or Carbon Copy Cloner 3.01 as this ensures that if the update is a disaster you can go back to where you started from (by booting off the backup...

I am assuming you have verified/repaired permissions. What is the S.M.A.R.T status of you hard drive (Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility)? If it is OK, you could try some repair software: DiskWarrior - $100 TechTool Pro - $100 Cocktail - $15 Applejack - Free

Invented a new cocktail last night (ye, gads does my my head hurt today). Vodka (single shot), Grand Marnier (single shot), dash of lime and soda with crushed ice. Called it a Bartleski. Surprisingly good.

Create another account and check if that works up to speed. if so, the account is the problem (like trying to authenticate to the outside world). If the problem persists, something might be wrong with the hardware (similar problem was cause by a bad harddrive, whatever i did to minutes to complete). Good luck, Kees

I tried running Cocktail to repair permissions and clean up and logs or cache files, but it still takes forever. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it back to normal? ...