It’s the Mac Maintenance Post! Working where I do, us Mac users are outnumbered big time, so calling our internal help group for Mac help is practically futile. So, my boss, my pal and I (all in the same group and all Mac users – go figure) troubleshoot most of our own problems. Here’s a list of indispensible Mac utilities and sites that make our lives easier, and if you’ve got a Powerbook or a computer that’s not on 24/7, will makes your’s better too:
- MacJanitor: Runs all the maintenance scripts that are supposed to run in the middle of the night. If you turn your machine off at night, they never run, which will make your Mac crawl like mine did until I ran this.
- RebuildDesktopX: Takes you back to the good ol’ days of Apple+Option booting, doesn’t it? Nope, this is just a little application and does some magical cache deleting and really helped me get some speed back.
- OS X Troubleshooting: A great site for OS X tips and tricks to keep your Mac happy.
I’d have to suggest adding:
Cocktail
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/cocktail.html
Xupport
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/xupport.html
They both do some of the same things, but they compliment each other nicely for sprucing up the house a bit.