Question about OnyX and admin/user privileges

[Jiddick ExRex]

Ok. So it seemed like a good idea to have an account for my user (when I work and use the programs) and an admin account to install new programs and fiddling around with the os. But when I use OnyX to clean stuff, it can only be attempted by a user with admin rights. Will it also clean browser cache files etc. for my user account if I use the admin account to activate OnyX? Do I relly need to give my user admin privileges to clean up the system with OnyX?

 

[novicew]

Ok. So it seemed like a good idea to have an account for my user (when I work and use the programs) and an admin account to install new programs and fiddling around with the os. But when I use OnyX to clean stuff, it can only be attempted by a user with admin rights. Will it also clean browser cache files etc. for my user account if I use the admin account to activate OnyX? Do I relly need to give my user admin privileges to clean up the system with OnyX?

There is a simple solution for that.
Open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
Type su <admin user name> a nd hit enter (eg. su Administrator)
Enter the admin pw and hit enter
Type sudo /Applications/OnyX.app/Contents/MacOS/OnyX and hit enter
Enter admin pw again
Now it should open the Onyx in Admin mode

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

Hooray, thank you, albeit pretty difficult but fun