Post by: Mayo on April 13, 2006, 01:09:31 PM
I tried running Onyx and it would quickly "stall." It happened twice and the only way out was a Force Quit.
I then used Cocktail 3.7.1 (Tiger edition) and it ran just fine. My iMac doesn't seem to be suffering any ill effects associated with using Onyx.
I have never used Cocktail before now. I may just have to register it...
Post by: MacHeadCase on April 13, 2006, 01:29:53 PM
You might try trashing OnyX's pref plist file and see if it works better. The path is:
/Users/your home directory here/Library/Preferences/com.titanium.OnyX.plist
Post by: Dick Miller on April 13, 2006, 04:23:52 PM
Post by: Mayo on April 13, 2006, 05:16:12 PM
Post by: jcarter on April 13, 2006, 06:44:07 PM
Let us know how you do with this, as we will want to know before updating. We didn't get a notifiction of the upgrade?
Jane
Post by: FLASH1296 on April 14, 2006, 01:32:29 PM
Are you using the latest version of Onyx.
Better than worry about Onyx, the latest version of CLIX is simply awesome with 1.100 + shell scripts.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13983
CLIX (Command Line Interface for OS X) is a Cocoa application that harnesses the power of Unix. It's perfect for the pros and can be helpful for the noobs too.
The CLIX package includes a starter database file with over 1,100 system commands for investigating your system status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings in your most used applications - and more.
And most importantly, CLIX is infinitely extensible: you can add to it at any time, in any way you please - add new commands, new command categories, new command database files, and so on.
And unlike other systems, CLIX is 100% 'WYSISYG' (what you see is what you get): it's exactly the command lines you would use at a terminal if you were so inclined. So sometime you might remember a command or two and try it on your own.
CLIX comes with commands for viewing all your system logs, for cleaning out browser caches, for pruning and fixing 'plist' preference files, for spelunking in root's back yard, for ridding your system of all kinds of junk, for seeing what your virtual memory is up to, what your Netinfo database manager is up to, and on and on.
CLIX also has its own newsletter and command exchange for in-depth discussion of Unix and the CLIX commands.
Requires OS X 10.2 and later.
Maintain your Mac safely and securely.
Post by: Mayo on April 15, 2006, 12:52:39 PM
Post by: jcarter on April 15, 2006, 07:42:06 PM
Ive not contacted them, but classmates have with success.
I do rely on Onyx, so am very interested in this solution.
Jane
Post by: Paddy on April 15, 2006, 08:32:57 PM
http://macapple.free.fr/forum/
Post by: Mayo on April 15, 2006, 08:53:30 PM
Post by: Mayo on April 15, 2006, 11:01:18 PM
I do not recall it taking Onyx so long in the past, and that threw me... Does it take that long for you folks? Cocktail didn't take as much time.