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Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: jcarter on January 18, 2011, 12:03:25 PM
Just reading the new Mac|Life and on page 16, they recommend (MenuMeter and) Onyx.
I have Onyx, but dont bother to do the maintenance any more.  
From what the article said, it would be a good idea to do it.

So do you use it, what for, and any suggestions?
Its pouring out, so there is time to do some 'extras'.
Thanks,
Jane
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: Paddy on January 18, 2011, 12:06:49 PM
I usually use to clean all the caches. Saves me looking in all the nooks and crannies of the system for them all! I don't tend to run it routinely - more when something is not behaving as it should and might be cache related. Do make sure you have the most recent version of Onyx though. smile.gif
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: Xairbusdriver on January 18, 2011, 12:21:15 PM
QUOTE
So do you use it...
Sure, why not? It's updated very often. Heard about some problem it causes? dntknw.gif
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: jcarter on January 18, 2011, 12:26:05 PM
It will be interesting to see how everybody uses it.
 I use it to update the scripts, but I dont know if thats really needed.
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: jchuzi on January 18, 2011, 12:28:04 PM
I don't use it for maintenance but I recently found it very handy to force-empty the trash.
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: Jack W on January 18, 2011, 02:44:21 PM
I use OnyX 2.2.2 1-2/week to run Daily/Weekly/Monthly Scripts etc.

Appears to speed up the system when it gets sluggish.

I also use Applejack around 1/month for genaral housekeeping and tune-up.

FWIW, Jack
Title: Onyx(Titanium)
Post by: Frances144 on January 19, 2011, 10:48:33 AM
yup- have it on all the macs - love it.