system maintenance

OnyX 2.1b5
OnyX is described as a convenient as well as powerful tool that lets you verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apples own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more. more>>
OnyX 2.1b5 is described as a convenient as well as powerful tool that lets you verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.
It automatically checks updates, verifies the status of the startup disk and the structure of system files at launch, defines with precision the actions, and modifies the appearance of OnyX, increases the window transparency, chooses its own icon and toolbar icons among those available in the Preferences...
Enhancements:
- Very many modifications in this version of Onyx. They relate to primarily compatibility with Snow Leopard.
- No installer anymore... Just drag and drop.
- Now, you can uninstall OnyX from the OnyX menu of the application.
- WARNING: This is a beta version!
- If you find bugs, don't hesitate to send to me your reports by e-mail or on the forums. Thanks!
and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, toLicense:Freeware
License:Freeware
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Titanium Software - the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to. OnyX. OnyX 2.0.5b3 supplies you with a multifunction utilityLicense:Freeware
Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to deleteLicense:Freeware

MainMenu 2.0
Fix, clean, maintain, and manage your system. more>>
MainMenu 2.0 offer you a quick and easy way to run all the different tools and scripts right from your menu bar. Rebuilding your Spotlight library for faster searching, repairing permissions, cleaning caches to improve application performance, and even more advanced settings - such as enabling and disabling the Dashboard - are no more than two clicks away. MainMenu is full of powerful maintenance tools to keep your Mac running like new, within a slick, simple interface.
Major Features:
- Run your Mac faster. Clean caches to improve application performance, rebuild your Spotlight library for faster search, and repair disk permissions for faster disk access.
- Batch tasks. Save time by grouping your common maintenance tasks into convenient batches.
- Easy to use. MainMenu sits readily available in your system menu so you have all the functionality right at your fingertips.
- For pros only. Clean log files, remove temporary files, flush the DNS cache, disable and enable the Dashboard, and remove corrupted preferences files.
- Growl notifications. Let MainMenu unobtrusively inform you when it completes maintenance tasks.
TechTool Pro 4.5.3
TechTool Pro - Hard drive repair & maintenance tool more>>
TechTool Pro 4 now features a suite of S.M.A.R.T tests (Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology).
Most modern hard drives now support this industry standard that employs predictive diagnostics and analysis to help foresee a drive failure BEFORE it happens. TechTool Pro 4s SMART test allows you to automatically monitor this vital data and be forewarned of impending danger to your data, allowing you to back up critical information before disaster strikes.
The eDrive feature allows you to create an invisible emergency volume from your existing drive. This new partition is created WITHOUT the need to reformat your current drive and allows you to store a copy of your system, a copy of TechTool Pro and even allows you to make room for other utilities.
If you ever have trouble with your main drive, simply restart your computer and your system will start from your Emergency Drive giving you immediate access to the utilities youll need to resurrect your main drive. Now theres no more need for a bootable CD or ancillary hard drive for system drive repair or maintenance.
With the power of Mac OS X, TechTool Pro 4 is now the fastest version of the program weve ever made. With Mac OS Xs native multitasking capability, TechTool Pro 4 can now run its full battery of tests simultaneously. This means that repair and maintenance chores that once took minutes will only take seconds.
TechTool Pro 4 now offers a new optimization feature for your Mac OS X drive. The Mac OS X system contains thousands of files that fragment quickly. TechTool Pro 4 lets you quickly and safely unfragment these and other files so your system runs reliably at its peak.
MacJanitor 1.3
MacJanitor is a freeware utility to run the systems daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance scripts more>>
MacJanitor provides a way to run system maintenance tasks at the click of a button.
The Unix subsystems on Mac OS X were originally written for machines that were typically never shut off. Mac OS X inherits this assumption in version 1.x, and has many system maintenance tasks that are scheduled to run between 3 am and 5 am. In addition, there are scripts designed to run weekly on weekends, and once a month in the middle of the night.
If these maintenance tasks are never run (such as on a laptop that is always shut off at night), many log files and system database will grow extremely large or fail to get backed up.
Laptop users could click the daily button every morning (or every few days), or office workers could click the weekly button on Mondays.
If youve been leaving your machine off at night without allowing the maintenance tasks to run for several weeks or more, the first time you run them using MacJanitor may take several minutes. Also, if your log files have grown extremely large and you are low on disk space, the tasks may have problems moving the files around and compressing them. After that, it typically takes less than a minute for each task.
The output of the task is displayed in the scrolling view in the bottom part of the window. If for some reason you feel the need, you may print the output of the system maintenance tasks (but why?...).
Enhancements:
- Built for Panther and higher (Tiger compatible).
- Uses the periodic tool instead of running the tasks directly.
Maintenance Assistant 2.0.8
Maintenance Assistant - Industrial Strength Computer Maintenance Management Software more>> <<less
sterApp 1.0.2
sterApp is developed to be a fast and lightweight software for system maintenance. more>>
sterApp 1.0.2 is developed to be a fast and lightweight software for system maintenance. Easy Use! Super simple face, no further help needed!

Maintenance 3.8
A simple Automator Action fused with AppleScript aimed at keeping your Mac running healthy. more>>
A simple Automator Action fused with AppleScript aimed at keeping your Mac running healthy.
Features include:
- Repair Permissions
- Verify Preferences
- Update Prebindings
- Periodic Clean-up
- Clean Cache
- Update Locate, Whatis, LaunchServices Databases
- Rebuild Spotlight Index
- Force Empty Trash Tiger users please use Maintenance 3.7 which is bundled with 3.8
OnDuty 1.0.2
OnDuty - Facilitate client-server system maintenance more>>
OnDuty can also easily be used for manually on one machine at a time, for instance at set-up.

JumpBox for the PMwiki wiki system 1.1.9
JumpBox for the PMwiki wiki system will make users satisfied because this system is considered as a useufl wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites. more>> <<less
License:Freeware
IceClean 2.5
IceClean - a powerful system maintenance and optimization tool more>>
IceClean lets you execute the following tasks:
- Periodic routine scripts
- Verify preference files
- Repair permissions
- Run periodic scripts
- Update prebindings
- Remove user and root cache files
- Update Locate & Whatis databases
- Rebuild LaunchServices
UsersUsage 1.0
UsersUsage - System usage summary of the users more>>
Completly freeware.
Tiger Cache Cleaner 3.2.1.8
Tiger Cache Cleaner wont make you disappointed because it makes system maintenance simple with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions. more>>
Tiger Cache Cleaner 3.2.1.8 won't make you disappointed because it makes system maintenance simple with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions.
Enhancements:
- Updates the ClamAV virus scanner to 0.92, the current stable release for both PPC and Intel platforms.
- This release updates Tiger Cache Cleaner to support automatic virus scanning of the Safari 3 download folder.
- This release updates TCC to ease migration to LCC.
- This release updates the ClamAV virus scanner to 0.91.2.
- This release now reports the status of the TCC Engine in the System Info panel.
- The System Info panel now reports when system restarts will improve performance.
- This release improves multi threading in the TCC Engine.
- This release adds the ability to clean caches on any mounted volume containing a valid OS X installation.
- This release introduces Tiger Cache Cleaner Portable.
- This release improves the /usr/local/tcc single user mode script.
- Executing /usr/local/tcc while in single user mode runs fsck, executes the cron scripts, cleans caches, and repairs permissions(Tiger Only).
- This script can now be used with Panther and Jaguar machines.
- This release is now a Universal Binary for both the main application and the TCC Engine.
- This release updates all of the maintenance routines to work in Tiger and on intel desktops and notebooks while still maintaining backwards compatibility down to OS X 10.2.8.
- This release updates TCC for OS X 10.4.11.
- This release also includes other minor bug fixes and improvements.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.
CLIX 2.0.0.5
CLIX is a simple yet efficient program which gets the power of a command line without ever getting near it. more>>
CLIX 2.0.0.5 is a simple yet efficient program which gets the power of a command line without ever getting near it. Do all those things your system maintenance utilities try to do - but do them better and do them your own way. No typing - just 'clix'.
You have to perform maintenance routines. You know that. But make a mistake - especially in one of those glittery AppleScript apps - and what happens? You'll have no such fear with CLIX. CLIX is safer - and for the skilled professional safer than even Terminal. From almost every security standpoint.
CLIX: the Command Line Interface for OS X. Access to the full power of your operating system. Your computer runs smoother. You learn more, become better and more skilled at running it. CLIX makes it easier for beginners to get up to speed with their new system. For the professional developer or system administrator it's an indispensable tool - a work of reference used by universities around the globe, NASA, the US military, and scientific institutions everywhere. Version 2.0 is a 'milestone upgrade'.
Major Features:
- Global Settings
- Beep Feedback - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Color Variant - set to Aqua, graphite, read the current setting.
- Scroll Bar - set to single, double both, double max, double min, read the current setting.
- Address Book
- Debug Menu - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Clean
- Clean .DS_Store files.
- Clean .localized files.
- Clean .MCXLC files.
- Clean Interface Builder, Project Builder, Xcode preferences.
- Clean caches.
- Clean Calculator files.
- Clean Camino files.
- Clean CUPS files.
- Clean Desktop files.
- Clean DVD scripts.
- Clean file panel preferences, read current settings.
- Clean finder preferences.
- Clean Full Circle files
- Clean icon caches.
- Clean launch services caches.
- Clean log files.
- Clean Mail files.
- Clean preference panes caches.
- Clean receipts.
- Clean recent folders, read current settings.
- Clean Safari files.
- Clean temporary files.
- Developer
- Show default GCC specs.
- Show default GCC version info.
- Disk
- Check a RAID set for errors.
- Show free disk space.
- Show fixed disk info.
- Show disk usage statistics.
- Enable, disable disk journaling.
- Verify, repair volume structures.
- Verify, repair volume permissions.
- Get information on boot volume.
- Show mounted drive info.
- DiskCopy
- Expert Mode - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Dock
- Autohide - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Launch Animation - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Magnification - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
- Mineffect - use Genie, Scale, Suck, the default, read the current setting.
- Orientation - put dock at bottom, left, right top, read the current setting.
- Show persistent apps.
- Pinning - pin the dock at the start, middle, end, read the current setting.
- QuitFinder - show/hide Quit menu item for Finder in Dock, read the current setting.
- Shadow - show/hide shadow in Dock, read the current setting.
- Show All Files - show/hide all files in Dock, read the current setting.
- Show Hidden - show/hide hidden files in Dock, read the current setting.
- DVD Player
- Debug Menu - enable, disable, read the current setting.
- Finder
- Animate Info Panes - enable, disable, read the current setting.
- Animate Window Zoom - enable, disable, read the current setting.
- Finder Quit - show/hide Quit menu item, read the current setting.
- Maximum Label Lines - set to 1, 2, 3, the default, read the current setting.
- Show All Files - show/hide all files, read the current setting.
- Zoom Rects - enable, disable, read the current setting.
- Lists
- List all .DS_Store files in home directory.
- List all .DS_Store files on hard drive.
- List all .app packages in home directory.
- List all .app packages on hard drive.
- List contents of backups directory.
- List contents of cron directory.
- List contents of etc directory.
- List file types in /bin.
- List file types in /sbin.
- List file types in standard system directories.
- List file types in /usr/bin.
- List frameworks in home directory.
- List frameworks at root.
- List all library directories.
- List lsof version info.
- List contents of NetInfo directory.
- List all NIBs in home directory.
- List all NIBs on hard drive.
- List open files.
- List contents of openldap directory.
- List open network files.
- List open Unix domain sockets.
- List fixed disk partitions.
- List all plists in home directory.
- List all plists on hard drive.
- List all preferences directories.
- List contents of private directory.
- List contents of root home directory.
- List contents of samba directory.
- List screen savers in home directory.
- List screen savers on hard drive.
- List set IDs in standard system directories.
- List set gids in /bin.
- List set gids in /sbin.
- List set gids in standard system directories.
- List set gids in /usr/bin.
- List set uids in /bin.
- List set uids in /sbin.
- List set uids in standard system directories.
- List set uids in /usr/bin.
- List contents of spool directory.
- List contents of sudo directory.
- List symlinks in /sbin.
- List symlinks in /usr/bin.
- List contents of temporary directory.
- List contents of .Trash directory.
- List contents of .Trashes directory.
- List contents of var directory.
- List contents of vm directory.
- Log
- View CUPS access log.
- View CUPS error log.
- View daily.out log.
- View console log.
- View monthly.out log.
- View system log.
- View weekly.out log.
- View NetInfo log.
- Lproj
- Remove unnecessary lproj files for any language.
- Network
- Curl Apple front page.
- Curl Rixstep front page.
- Flush lookup daemon cache.
- Ping root-servers.
- Show configuration for AFP over TCP.
- Show current Samba connections.
- Show lookup daemon status.
- Show network I/O in realtime.
- Show network status of routing tables.
- Show network status per process.
- Show show number of dropped packets.
- Show protocol cloned routing statistics.
- Show NFS status.
- Show TCP and UDP statistics.
- Turn .DS_Stores in network on and off.
- Process
- Show process status.
- Show system usage statistics.
- Purge
- Purge .DS_Store files.
- Purge .localized files.
- Purge .MCXLC files.
- Purge Interface Builder, Project Builder, Xcode preferences.
- Purge caches.
- Purge Calculator files.
- Purge Camino files.
- Purge CUPS files.
- Purge Desktop files.
- Purge DVD scripts.
- Purge file panel preferences, read current settings.
- Purge finder preferences.
- Purge Full Circle files
- Purge icon caches.
- Purge launch services caches.
- Purge log files.
- Purge Mail files.
- Purge preference panes caches.
- Purge receipts.
- Purge recent folders, read current settings.
- Purge Safari files.
- Purge temporary files.
- Quartz
- Show Quartz drawing views and windows.
- Show all Quartz calculations and drawing.
- Safari
- Anti-aliasing, smooth fonts - set values high, low, restore defaults, read the current settings.
- IE Favorites Imported - set on, off, read the current setting.
- Include Debug Menu - enable, disable, read the current setting.
- Netscape/Mozilla Favorites Imported - set on, off, read the current setting.
- Security
- Audit entire file system for potential security leaks.
- Show effective group ID of current user.
- Show effective group ID of root.
- Show effective group of current user.
- Show effective group of root.
- Show effective UID of current user.
- Show effective UID of root.
- Show effective user of current user.
- Show effective user of root.
- Show all file systems compiled into the running kernel.
- Show all file systems compiled into the running system.
- List file types in all bin directories, including zipped files.
- List file types in /bin, including zipped files.
- List file types in /sbin, including zipped files.
- List file types in /usr/bin, including zipped files.
- List file types in /usr/sbin, including zipped files.
- Find block files.
- Find character files.
- Find empty directories.
- Find empty files.
- Find FIFOs.
- Find SGID files.
- Find sockets.
- Find SUID root files.
- Find SUIDs.
- Find SxID files.
- Find symlinks.
- Find world-writable files.
- Show groups of current user.
- Show GIDs of current user.
- Show groups of root.
- Show GIDs of root.
- Show current user and all groups.
- Show root user ID and all groups.
- List SGIDs in all bin directories.
- List SGIDs in /bin.
- List SGIDs in /sbin.
- List SGIDs in /usr/bin.
- List SGIDs in /usr/sbin.
- Set sudo timestamp to epoch.
- List allowed and forbidden sudo commands.
- Remove sudo timestamp.
- Remove all TTY-specific timestamps.
- List SUIDs in all bin directories.
- List SUIDs in /bin.
- List SUIDs in /sbin.
- List SUIDs in /usr/bin.
- List SUIDs in /usr/sbin.
- List SxIDs in all bin directories, including zipped files.
- List SxIDs in /bin, including zipped files.
- List SxIDs in /sbin, including zipped files.
- List SxIDs in /usr/bin, including zipped files.
- List SxIDs in /usr/sbin, including zipped files.
- List symlinks in all bin directories.
- List symlinks in /bin.
- List symlinks in /sbin.
- List symlinks in /usr/bin.
- List symlinks in /usr/sbin.
- Show system activity in utmp.
- Show system activity in wtmp.
- View contents of app_profile directory.
- View app_profile data for current user and root.
- View app_profile names for current user and root.
- View authorization file.
- View list of users disallowed FTP access.
- View single user mode group database.
- View single user mode hosts cache.
- View hostconfig file.
- View magic file.
- View master.passwd file.
- System
- Show local date and time.
- Show local and UTC date and time.
- Show UTC date and time.
- Show all defaults.
- Show global defaults.
- Show launch services defaults.
- Show number of active CPUs.
- Show presence of Altivec.
- Show root defaults.
- Show user defaults.
- Show system message buffer.
- Show file status.
- Show name of current host system.
- Dump entire I/O Kit registry to disk and open in text editor.
- Purge intermediate dump file.
- Show I/O Kit registry with busy state and retain count.
- Show I/O Kit registry.
- Show I/O statistics.
- Show status of kernel extensions.
- Show available devices and drivers.
- Show CUPS status information.
- Show machine type.
- Show command path.
- Run all periodic functions.
- Run daily periodic function.
- Run monthly periodic function.
- Run weekly periodic function.
- Show info on open files.
- Show info on terminals.
- Show info on active vnodes.
- View environment variables.
- Flush file caches to disk.
- Show system and build versions.
- Get kernel state.
- Show hardware statistics.
- Show kernel statistics.
- Show network statistics.
- Read system logs.
- Show timeslicing quantum (microseconds).
- Show table of terminfo entries.
- Show operating system name.
- Show how long system has been running.
- Show name and uid for current user.
- Show NetInfo dump file.
- View contents of root hidden file.
- View SystemConfiguration preferences.
- Show MACH virtual memory statistics.
- Show who's logged in
- Show effective user ID.
- Print nvram variables.
- View list of Internet protocols.
- View list of well known port numbers.
- View list of accepted shells as used by chpass.
- View Samba configuration file.
- View sudoers file.
- View syslog configuration file.
- View multiuser startup script.
Enhancements:
- New command file set for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
- New build brings this version in line with the ACP version.
- 1952 commands including new commands for monitoring Apple Mail bugs.
- Downloads in bzip2 (163KB) and DMG (203KB) formats also available.
- Adds '14tips' command file to combat some of the woes with the Safari 4 beta
Do all those things your system maintenance utilities try to do - but do them better and do them your own way. No typing - just 'clix'. You have to perform maintenance routines. You know that. ButMaintenance Workflow 3.7
Maintenance Workflow runs a series of system maintenance scripts via Terminal more>> <<less
3 Maintenance Scripts 1.0.1
3 Maintenance Scripts - Cron maintenance scripts more>>
I wrote this because in certain cases the unavailable memory isnt freed until either the cron script is run, or a reboot. I used another utility for a while but didnt feel like paying the shareware fee for something that I could do myself in Terminal. I recommend using the weekly script.
Enhancements:
- Added startup screen with opt-out and no longer a run- only script.
Titanium Software - the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, etc. OnyX