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Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: jcarter on January 27, 2007, 09:00:18 AM
TS own Giant Mike has a widget on page 36 of the December 06 Mac Addict!
Its a Mac maintenance widget called Maintidget, and its also included on the MacAddict software disk.
Congrats!  One bright youngster he is!
Jane
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: pendragon on January 27, 2007, 09:18:43 AM
thanx.gif Jane! I missed that.

And congrats to Mike. Bravo clap.gif
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: giantmike on January 27, 2007, 09:46:44 AM
I sure do biggrin.gif

They contacted me way back in October to ask permission to include it on the disc. Of course I said yes! They even sent me four free copies, so I can have a keepsake of my publication. Those guys are pretty darn cool smile.gif

P.S. there is an updated version of Maintidget at my website. Updated interface, a check for updates feature, and the ability to launch the Console logs right from the widget. I wonder how much longer it will be until I'm the new CEO at Apple wink.gif
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: Jack W on January 27, 2007, 10:46:48 AM
GM -

Steve's shaking in his boots!
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: kimmer on January 27, 2007, 07:47:14 PM
Congrats, GM! Nice little widget.
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 27, 2007, 08:42:31 PM
I'm more impressed with your site! Uknome&widgets! blush-anim-cl.gif I needed another kick in the rump to get me back to learning php! eek2.gif
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: jepinto on January 27, 2007, 08:51:03 PM
Congrats giantmike!!  Pretty soon, we'll all be saying "we knew him when.." wink.gif
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: kps on January 28, 2007, 08:15:33 AM
Nicely done GM, I no longer have to check the .out files to see when the scripts last ran.  coolio.gif ...and thanks.
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: kimmer on January 28, 2007, 11:51:15 AM
Now this was shocking ... my machine is on at night and those scripts hadn't been run since this machine went into storage! eek2.gif I let them run last night. I actually notice a speed diff today.
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 28, 2007, 02:54:15 PM
What version of X are you running, Kimmer? They are supposed to be run automatically since 10.4.3, whether you ever turn the machine off or not. And they don't necessarily run at oh-dark-30, either, just whenever the OS notices they need to be run.
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: kimmer on January 28, 2007, 07:50:33 PM
I'm running 10.4.8. Do I have to set a pref or something? Or could I have accidentally have turned off the maintenance stuff?
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 28, 2007, 08:34:28 PM
No settings to turn either way. As of .4.3, the tasks became handled by a different mechanism so don't have to have the machine on during those early morning hours ( or even run any third-party utilities, unless you want to ). The OS now recognizes when the time has past and the jobs didn't get run ( assuming they didn't because the machine was OFF or just asleep ). It then runs them in the background just like nothing had happened. But most utilities also run extra stuff that the built-in ones don't do. Cleaning the logs could very well be one of them.
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: kimmer on January 28, 2007, 09:16:05 PM
^Okay, then I'm just puzzled -- but that's normal. laugh.gif
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: themagpie on January 29, 2007, 12:13:35 AM
Congratulations Mike!  I've always loved your site.

Margie
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: jcarter on January 29, 2007, 07:39:48 AM
Hi Jim,  Thats interesting, so on my G5, with 10.4.8, I dont have to bother with Onyx any more to run those scripts.
Just this one with 10.3.9.
But just might do them both anyway, as I usually do them at the same time.
Thanks for the update,
Jane
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: Gregg on January 29, 2007, 07:43:32 AM
Don't use widgets, but attaboy, Mike!
Title: Giant Mike has a widget on page 36, Dec Mac Addict
Post by: krissel on January 30, 2007, 12:35:47 AM
Great job, Mike!

Still on Panther unfortunately, so can't use it.  sad.gif