How many of you use ONYX?

[sup3r1or]

The reason I'm asking this is simple: Since I installed OSX it started up so damn fast. Recently a month after (I guess monthly scripts were executed) my start up became slower. I enter my password, after a few seconds I see background, then top apple bar, a few seconds later dock and then all the apps start to load in the top right corner. Why is this happening?

Will Onyx help as maintenance utility? I used it before, about a year ago and thought that maybe it was the reason my startups became slow, but I guess not.

 

[Hellhammer]

Give it a try, it usually speeds things up.

 

[Turian.Spectre]

http://www.chriswrites.com/2009/04/17-reasons-why-your-mac-is-so-unbelievably-slow/

try this. helps me. and YES i use onyX. you can do all he same things on the mac, but onyx's automated windows is just so much easier to use.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Yes I do once a week.

 

[sup3r1or]

Can you let me know what should I DO NOT DO in oNyx?

And what I should at least once a week.

Thank you.

 

[R94N]

I use it every couple of weeks.

 

[sup3r1or]

http://www.chriswrites.com/2009/04/17-reasons-why-your-mac-is-so-unbelievably-slow/

try this. helps me. and YES i use onyX. you can do all he same things on the mac, but onyx's automated windows is just so much easier to use.

I looked through it but none of this applies to me, since my latest reinstall of OSX was done around 1.5 months ago. Im not that kind of a user that installs loads of software

 

[maflynn]

Im one of the few, the proud, the ones who don't use onyx.

I have nothing against it but I see little need and osx is still very snappy. I did try it but I didn't notice any material increase in performance

 

[sup3r1or]

Im one of the few, the proud, the ones who don't use onyx.

I have nothing against it but I see little need and osx is still very snappy. I did try it but I didn't notice any material increase in performance

So what did you do? deleted it? I found it good to access hidden options in OSX. BUt I also noted that there are daily, weekly, monthly scripts that you can force run. After I force ran them, my mac stopped executing these scrips automatically if I do not run onyx. In other worlds I have to do it manually with onyx every time.

WTF?

 

[416049]

I use it

 

[416049]

So what did you do? deleted it? I found it good to access hidden options in OSX. BUt I also noted that there are daily, weekly, monthly scripts that you can force run. After I force ran them, my mac stopped executing these scrips automatically if I do not run onyx. In other worlds I have to do it manually with onyx every time.

WTF?

The scripts run automatically in the morning, leave your mac on at night and then check the scripts in the morning they should have ran

 

[sup3r1or]

The scripts run automatically in the morning, leave your mac on at night and then check the scripts in the morning they should have ran

So you mean they will only run in the morning, no way they can do that in the afternoon when I switch it on?

Is it important to clear system cache? How often?

 

[416049]

So you mean they will only run in the morning, no way they can do that in the afternoon when I switch it on?

Is it important to clear system cache? How often?

No they will only run in the morning:

Mac OS X runs maintenance scripts at 0300 (3:00am), which performs tasks such as clearing log files. However, if your computer is off or in sleep mode at this time (which is typical of laptops), the scripts will not run.

http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2010/03/check-maintenance-scripts-on-your-mac.html

http://guides.macrumors.com/Maintenance_Scripts

It won't run in the afternoon when you switch it on

Unless you have problems cleaning caches is not really necessary

 

[Mochi Hana]

I use it. It's a good app to use to clean things up and do other maintenance tasks.

 

[grapes911]

Im one of the few, the proud, the ones who don't use onyx.

I have nothing against it but I see little need and osx is still very snappy. I did try it but I didn't notice any material increase in performance

I agree with you. While it's a great little app for when you have a problem, it doesn't do much as far as preventative maintenance goes. I feel it's a waste of time to use it regularly, and thus don't use it.

So you mean they will only run in the morning, no way they can do that in the afternoon when I switch it on?

Since launchd was added to OS X (Tiger maybe?), they will run as soon as they can. If a script is missed because the computer is off, sleeping, or any other reason, launchd will run it as soon as it can. No need to manually run scripts as launchd takes care of it.

 

[maflynn]

So what did you do? deleted it? I found it good to access hidden options in OSX. BUt I also noted that there are daily, weekly, monthly scripts that you can force run. After I force ran them, my mac stopped executing these scrips automatically if I do not run onyx. In other worlds I have to do it manually with onyx every time.

WTF?

Yeah, I removed onyx, I saw little need for leaving it on my computer. The maintenance scripts run automatically and I saw no material difference in performance before/during/after using onyx

 

[WiscoNicky]

AppleJack instead

I used it until AppleJack was updated for Snow Leopard. Applejack is a simple, effective tool for keeping your Mac in line.

http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

 

[Keniff]

I use CleanMyMac

Disk Utility

MacJanitor


(All above links are YouTube tutorials)

 

[sup3r1or]

I use CleanMyMac

Disk Utility

MacJanitor


(All above links are YouTube tutorials)

CleanMyMac gave me a great Kernel Panic after last "clean up" and made my system sluggish

 

[Angelo95210]

I use CleanMyMac

I had many issues when removing CleanMyMac. There is an extensive thread on it here.

 

[maflynn]

I've seen to many threads here complaining about clean my mac. I avoid that program

 

[-aggie-]

I've seen to many threads here complaining about clean my mac. I avoid that program

You just have to be careful letting it delete binaries and language files B

 

[James cuck]

I am sure many of you use OnyX for the maintenance of your computer.