There comes a time when a computer no longer wants to run at the speed in which it was created. While cleaning up a computer than runs on Windows may be a difficult task for some, Mac OSX automatically runs maintenance scripts without the user needing to command it.
Unfortunately for the most part these scripts, which clean up groggy areas of the computers file system, are typically scheduled to run at night. This can come as a burden to those who don’t keep their machines on 24/7. Onyx, freeware from Titanium, is a great tool that commands these processes at the users discretion. This tool can be used anywhere from cleaning out the cache to changing parameters of applications like Safari, Exposé, or Dashboard.
Cleaning up with these tools I have found to drastically
increase my computers productivity. My boot up times have
significantly increased and I can moderate some of the
tasks that have been hogging up my Macs ram. Read More