Free maintenance software for mac

3 Maintenance Scripts are three simple applescripts that will launch your terminal window and execute the maintenance cron script for you after you enter an administrative password.
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.

Enhancements:

• Rebuild Spotlight Index
• Force Empty Trash

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

Maintidget (Maintenance Scripts Widget) gives you a Dashboard Widget which provides the following functions:
- Display the last time the daily, weekly, and monthly OS X Maintenance Scripts (a.k.a Cron Tasks) were run.
- Run the OS X Maintenance Scripts on demand. Just enter your administrator password and click the Run Scripts button. Maintidget is the first Dashboard Widget to provide this feature!
- New in version 1.1: Select which scripts you want to run (the daily script must be run at all times).
- New in version 1.2: Now works with admin accounts that dont have a password assigned.
- New in version 1.3: Click Daily/Weekly/Monthly labels to open logs in the Console. Check for updates using a link in the widget. Slick redesign by Jason Jacques that includes multiple skins!
- New in version 1.4: New authentication logic should reduce false-negatives when running scripts and should also help those with blank passwords.
Now you can keep tack of when your Mac runs the scripts, and force them to run in case you need to. These maintenance scripts perform the following tasks:
Please note that the weekly script can take a long time to run (up to 10 minutes depending on the speed of the computer). During this time the "Running Scripts" message will show in Maintidget. Please do not refresh the widget during this time, as this will remove the "Running Scripts" message which will automatically remove itself when the scripts are finished running.

Main features:
Daily:
- Removes old logs.
- Removes scratch and junk files (temporary files).
- Removes scratch fax files.
- Backs up NetInfo data.
- Checks subsystem status.
- Cleans mail queue.
- Gathers account statistics.
- Cleans up asl.log.
- Rotates logs: system.
Weekly:
- Rebuilds locate database.
- Rebuilds whatis database.
- Rotates logs: ftp, lpr, mail, netino, ipfw, ppp, secure.
Monthly:
- Runs login accounting.
- Rotates logs: wtmp, install, fax.

Enhancements
- Better parsing of log files.
- Passwords with special characters should be accepted more often.

This installer package will give you everything you need to start making standalone Vision applications:

• Vision Application Library - binary and headers
• Repository Modules - binaries, source code and project files
• Example Applications - source code and project files
• VisionEditor - binary
• XCode project, target and file templates
• Maintenance and Uninstall Scripts.

RemoteWasher runs OS Xs built-in maintenance scripts, and repairs permissions, using Apples new Remote Desktop 3, keeping your networked Macs running smoothly.
With the recent release of Apples Remote Desktop 3, with Automator support, we thought itd be a good idea to kick things off with a twist. RemoteWasher is what were calling UpdateWasher, remotely. RemoteWasher will run OS Xs maintenance scripts across all of the Macs on your network, and lock them so nothing will be touched while the script is running. Were not sure if this is going to be a success but, thats why this is a public beta.
Enhancements:
- Added user interaction to select remote computers.

ultimateTask is a veruy useful maintenance tool with a simple, easy to use interface, to take care of some of the more important cleanup/maintenance tasks for your computer.
Mac OS has it all, almost nearly in the best self maintenance manner it takes care of it self (thanks Apple!) but sometimes the user needs to kick in...
- Basic maintenance and back to work or off to bed ; )
- mostly repairing permissions, after installations...
- executing cron scripts (even with Tiger we still execute them...)
- delete logfiles, jsut get rid of them sometimes, why not?
- delete DS.files, the bother, sometimes?
- delete temp files,
- purge trashes,
- Internet traces, like cookies, history and more
- dis/enable things like the dashboard and its Widgets,
- We wish the machine would be automatically restarted after executing, or rather shutdown?
All this and much more, ultimateTask offers in a convenient small compact quick and safe to use all in one utility! Just about like the first class service Mac OS X style.
- Daily, weekly, monthly cron scripts.
- Repair disk permissions.
- Clean logiles (User, crash & system logs).
- Temp files (tmp).
- Core files.
- Recent servers.
- Trashes (/.trashes, ~/trash, /trash).
- Additionally chosen from ultimateTask preferences: DS.store files.
- Most common internet browsers (cookies, caches, history) Safari icons, forms, searches can be cleaned by choosing these options from the ultimateTask menu.
- User cache.
- System cache.
All these and many tasks more, like disabling the Dashboard and its Widgets are available from the ultimateTask menu, learn the keyboard shortcuts to quickly enter important commands.