Folder auto arrange and system clean-up questions

[boydcake]

New to Mac and have two questions...

1: I can't seem to find a way to disable folders from auto-arranging themselves. I want to organize some of my folders randomly but I can only seem to arrange them by Name, Date, Label, etc. Some direction would be helpful, as I haven't used anything but Windows until now.

2: In Windows I had System Clean-Up and System Defrag to help maintain and keep my system organized/clean. Does OS X have similar programs or is there any other type of program Mac has for users maintain their system?

The help is much appreciated!

 

[BlueRevolution]

1: I can't seem to find a way to disable folders from auto-arranging themselves. I want to organize some of my folders randomly but I can only seem to arrange them by Name, Date, Label, etc. Some direction would be helpful, as I haven't used anything but Windows until now.

View -> Show View Options -> Arrange by -> None/Snap to Grid

2: In Windows I had System Clean-Up and System Defrag to help maintain and keep my system organized/clean. Does OS X have similar programs or is there any other type of program Mac has for users maintain their system?

No. The utilities that come with your Mac are there to fix problems when they occur, not to perform preventative maintenance. It takes care of all of that itself.

 

[kjohansen]

View -> Show View Options -> Arrange by -> None/Snap to Grid



No. The utilities that come with your Mac are there to fix problems when they occur, not to perform preventative maintenance. It takes care of all of that itself.

Your saying that it fixes file permissions and cleans out caches, temp files all it's own?

 

[Mac-Michael]

No. The utilities that come with your Mac are there to fix problems when they occur, not to perform preventative maintenance. It takes care of all of that itself.

BlueRevolution is right - you don't need to do preventative maintenance, but since you're new to macs and used to windows you'll need some time to realize it. In the meantime use this http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html

 

[Gregg2]

2: In Windows I had System Clean-Up and System Defrag to help maintain and keep my system organized/clean. Does OS X have similar programs or is there any other type of program Mac has for users maintain their system?

No. The utilities that come with your Mac are there to fix problems when they occur, not to perform preventative maintenance. It takes care of all of that itself.

I agree with all of that except the first word. There are in fact applications that will Optimize your hard drive. I use TechTool Pro for that, but most of the time when I check it, it's being pretty well maintained on its own. I'll still optimize when I'm in the mood, and there's enough fragmentation to warrant doing so. It's by far much less than in OS9.