Cocktail alternatives?

[jent]

I love the application Cocktail and used it regularly to run maintenance commands on my Macs. The demo has expired, and with a single license costing $15 and a family pack costing $30, I can't see myself buying two family packs to cover all the Macs that my family and I have. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good (free or cheap) alternative that has some under-the-hood settings and allows the user to run all of the commonplace maintenance scripts. Thanks!

 

[Blue Fox]

Wait to see if it'll be released in the Mac App Store tomorrow (Jan 6), and if so, a once time purchase and ALL the Macs in your house are able to use it.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I've used MacJanitor before but not on 10.6. It just runs the usual maintenance scripts so I don't see why it wouldn't work. It's free.

 

[Weaselboy]

Onyx.

 

[MrSmith]

Buy a family license and use it on all the machines. That way, the makers will at least get some income from you. Just saying.

 

[MisterMe]

I love the application Cocktail and used it regularly to run maintenance commands on my Macs. ...

Cocktail is a complete and total waste of money. OnyX is a free alternative as Weaselboy has already posted. However, OnyX is also unnecessary. MacOS X automatically provides its own routine maintenance. These third-party apps merely put a GUI on tasks that the OS performs on its own.

 

[belsaye]

Cocktail Mmmmmm...

I have used cocktail for some time, however, I just upgraded to mountain lion, when I went to check for software compatibility, as I expected cocktail [snow leopard] would not work with mountain lion, so I went to the maintain website and downloaded the mountain lion version.

I went to check the registration, it would not accept my s/n number! informed me I would have to pay! Their website states that once you buy all future upgrades are free. Still waiting for a reply to my email.