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Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Powerbook G5

And why I personally do not do any root operations in the CLI - no visual reinforcement to my actions: "Am I about the screw the pooch?"
i have no problem with using sudo--you have to to run the maintenance on the system... /etc/daily, monthly, weekly
 
You can also do those scripts via GUI with OnyX, Mac Janitor, and many other freeware/shareware programs from Version Tracker for anyone who may not be comfortable with sudo via the Terminal.
 
Originally posted by Powerbook G5
You can also do those scripts via GUI with OnyX, Mac Janitor, and many other freeware/shareware programs from Version Tracker for anyone who may not be comfortable with sudo via the Terminal.
yeah, but it's much more fun to make your own script and run it from the terminal :)
 
The 1 button again....

Jeez.

likvid you mentioned
However i must admit that one-button mouse is stupid, Steve wake up!Why insisting with this stupid thing?
. Now I'm not picking on you but since it is mentioned so much from here to kingdom come I gotta say something about it.

roughly 15 years ago most users that were on a computer of no doubt loved the power of the command line. Since then most users are not programmers; back then there were more proportionately to end-users. Nowadays most of use use computers on a daily basis, and thus most be efficient due to workload or deadlines; so keyboard shortcuts are paramount for efficiency instead of the mouse. Remember in 1984 hardly any computer had a mouse, so shortcuts were important then to, but to end users, the mouse was a godsend. The mouse, obviously still is today, but I find myself, as a poweruser, inhibited by it so I rely mostly on shortcuts within using office products (word/excel/outlook--MS on PC). This brings me to my next point.

Ewinemiller, you mentioned that you had problems with shortcuts on the Mac compared to what you habitually used on PC. I had the same troubles in the first 4 days on the Mac - during the 3 months I had one -but quickly adjusted. You gotta stick to it. Once you do you might find it much more powerful than using MS OS on a PC.

Of lately, there is an increasing amount of programmers/coders on all platforms; which I guess is the reason for Apple's OS switch to Darwin underpinnings. Its hidden and rightfully so, because a poweruser like me - with no coding experience - will poke around thinking their king and end up royally F*&%$#g up their Mac.

Opinions vary and that's the beauty of the world, but try things out yourself - and you'll benefit from the experience.:D
 
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