SPECIFICS for deleting adobe.pref , running Cache X Mac Janitor and Permissions

[Aerosyn-Lex@adobeforums.com]

BEST REGARDS
.....................................

I was told that the reason mhy my:

G5 DUAL 2GHZ .. 1 GB RAM .. PHOTOSHOP CS .. PANTHER/JAGUAR
.................................................. .........

had been running so slow was due to some internal settings.
Could someone direct me as to how i might run this PERMISSIONS program,
and what preferences files i should delete or edit.
Are there any FAQS on these topics within the ADOBE site?
What exactly would emptying my cache files do for my set-up
with CS?

THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE

TANKS LRK THANKS BUKO

send info to [email]aerosyn@hotmail.com[/email] if possible
.............................................

PEACE be WITH YOU

[Aerosyn-Lex@adobeforums.com]

BEST REGARDS
.....................................

I was told that the reason why my:

G5 DUAL 2GHZ .. 1 GB RAM .. PHOTOSHOP CS .. PANTHER/JAGUAR
.................................................. .........

had been running so slow was due to some internal settings.
Could someone direct me as to how i might run this PERMISSIONS program,
and what preferences files i should delete or edit.
Are there any FAQS on these topics within the ADOBE site?
What exactly would emptying my cache files do for my set-up
with CS?

THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE

TANKS LRK THANKS BUKO

send info to [email]aerosyn@hotmail.com[/email] if possible
.............................................

PEACE be WITH YOU

[Aerosyn-Lex@adobeforums.com]

WHOA...I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE POST...BAD BROWSER

[Aerosyn-Lex@adobeforums.com]

WHOA I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE POST...BAD BROWSER

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

You can Repair Permissions through Apple's Disk Utility or by using the $12 Cocktail program. (The latter does a lot of other maintenance tasks for you too which you could also do through UNIX commands but Cocktail is easier.)

Concerning Preferences:

In User/You/Library/Preferences

Trash:
Adobe Photoshop 8.0 Paths
Adobe Photoshop CS Settings
com.adobe.Photoshop.plist

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

what ann said

[Welles_Goodrich@adobeforums.com]

I'd like to add a mention of Macaroni.

Macaroni is a tool which handles regular maintenance for Mac OS X's Unix core. Normally these tasks run on a regular schedule, in the middle of the night. However if you don't leave your Mac on all night, they never run. Your Mac won't wake from sleep to handle this.

Macaroni solves this problem. If a scheduled maintenance task is not run when it's normally scheduled, Macaroni automatically ensures that it's run at the next opportunity, whenever the Mac is on.
• Automatically runs maintenance jobs
• Configurable: Add your own scheduled tasks
• Custom tasks can be scheduled as daily, weekly, monthly, or at regular intervals (such as "every three days").
• Tracks maintenance history
• Displays results of latest maintenance run.
• Tasks may be configured to run only during system idle time.
• Tasks may be configured to wait until your system is plugged in, saving battery power.
• Maintains Mac OS X Unix privileges using the "Repair Privileges" utility
• Cleans language-specific localized files for languages you don't need. (Our number-one most requested Macaroni feature.)

It's the best $9 I've spent on OS X utilities and with the new feature of getting rid of language specific localized files (which it runs once a month) I can just install applications and know that all the extraneous language files will be removed, not to mention once a week automatic rebuilding of privileges in addition to the other maintenance routines.

<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16593>

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

I'd like to add a mention of Macaroni.




sounds like Cocktail.

[Tim_Lookingbill@adobeforums.com]

So is this all that has to be done to maintain OS X? Is this the equivalent to Classic OS's Conflict Catcher, rebuild the desktop, trash preferences and zapping the PRAM?

Or does all this still have to be done in OS X in addition to what Macaroni and Cocktail do?

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

<< So is this all that has to be done to maintain OS X? >>

Normally, yes.

Repairing Permissions and re-prebinding replace rebuilding the desktop. (Cocktail can do both in a couple of minutes -- automatically.)

You may still have to trash Preferences but it is pretty rare and you may only have to do that because you are doing a "Clean install" of an application.

You can still Zap the PRAM and Reset the VRAM in OSX but it is highly unlikely that you will ever need to.

[Tim_Lookingbill@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, ann.

I still have cold feet on putting OS X on my pismo.

I've been told X's more stable than classic, but Unix scares the crap out of me and doing a one minute restart in OS 9 over everything that has been going on with PS and X makes me consider staying with what I've got for now.

[Paul_Hokanson@adobeforums.com]

and doing a one minute restart in OS 9 over everything that has been going
on with PS and X makes me consider staying with what I've got for now.




Tim,

I won't deny that there have been growing pains and new issues everytime Apple updates OSX....

BUT...

With a newer Mac running a clean install of OSX and updated Photoshop and other native apps, you shouldn't see tons of issues. We've moved beyond "advanced beta testing" of X... it works for most people in most situations the same as and usually better than OS9. And the UNIX stays pretty well hidden under the hood. yes, there are still font issues (not difficult to avoid most with a lil advance info...) and some legacy hookup issues (but OS9 has those too, right?). In all, with a thoughful operator, OSX is smooth.

Jump in, Tim, the water is fine.

[Welles_Goodrich@adobeforums.com]

sounds like Cocktail




Cocktail does much more than Macaroni and is the Swiss Army Knife of OS X access utilities (and probably the best of the field). I call it an access utility because it accesses capacities already built into the system unlike DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro which perform routines beyond those inherent in the system.

The reason I like Macaroni so much is because the things it does are performed automatically and the UNIX maintenance routines and Permissions rebuilds are vital to a solid system. The business with eliminating useless language resources is icing on the cake. Install it and forget about it.

Though I own Cocktail too, I never need to actually use it.

[Tim_Lookingbill@adobeforums.com]

Paul,

I truly would like to put OS X on my pismo. But there's also speed hit issues as well to consider so I'll probably buy a newer/used Mac made for OS X like I did with the pismo.

After buying the pismo off ebay without any hassles, paying top dollar for a new computer doesn't make sense financially for me right now. I've already accumatively invested around $7000 of my own savings in all this gear and SW and I still have to make room for PS 7 upgrade and Indesign.

I've found I've gotten myself into something that I can't financially keep up with and have to make do with what I've got.

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

The reason I like Macaroni so much is because the things it does are performed
automatically




you can set Cocktail to run the routines any time you want.

[Paul_Hokanson@adobeforums.com]

Tim,

I've been down the cash-strapped road a few times too... keep pluggin away and good luck to you!

:)

[Tim_Lookingbill@adobeforums.com]

Ebay, baby, Ebay! I'll get there.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

No one likes MacJanitor anymore? That's what I've been using (10.2.8)

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

Cocktail is a stronger brew -- but there is a small charge for it.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Same basic operations and effects, just stronger (i.e., more thoroughgoing)
brew, Ann?