[HM] Re: Disk utilties for X

[James Norman]

Avoid Nortons, Disk Warrior is OK (G4 Cube, OS 10.2.8), but you can 
either leave it to the Unix underlying OS X to do most of the repairs 
needed if you leave your computer running 24/7. To achieve the same 
thing and be able to initiate the daily, weekly and monthly routines I 
use Macaroni (www.atomicbird.com).

Jim

On Thursday, February 19, 2004, at 02:52 PM, Jane Sprando wrote:

> Speaking of Disk Warrior, other than Tech Tool Pro, I have not bought
> another disk utility for OS x. I can upgrade Norton Utilities or buy 
> Disk
> warrior.
>
> So ..... which utilities are the most valuable: TechTool Pro, Norton
> utilities, or Disk warrior?
>
> Virus protection: Symantec NAV, Mcafee, or Virex?????
>
> Jane
>
>> From: Bob K <itheshopper at earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users 
>> List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:34:36 -0500
>> To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: [HM] Re: Freezes & glitches
>>
>> My problem seems to be fixed, with a run of my newly arrived
>> Disk Warrior v3.0.1.   But, I tried among the first things the
>> "test" user account, and also my problem started in Jaguar,
>> and the Archive & Install installation of Panther didn't help
>> either.  The freeze happened even with starting up from the
>> Panther Installation CD.
>>
>> In my case, the problem grew from a 'once in two weeks intermittent
>> glitch' that was recoverable with multiple restarts, to a completely
>> paralyzed situation, all the while, all Apple tests (Disk Repair and
>> hdwr) giving clean OK results.
>>
>> It appears that a corruption glitch slowly spread the corruption,
>> until cleaned up by Disk Warrior.
>>
>> It was a VERY 'educational experience'.
>> Bob K.
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2004, at 21:46, John Baltutis wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/17/04, "James Baumann" <james_a_baumann at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a G4 with Panther.  Has anyone had a problem where the
>>>> cursor /
>>>> mouse movements are jerky and temporarily frozen?  This then
>>>> sometimes leads
>>>> to the whole thing freezing up and forcing a power-button-restart.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if this is a software (seems to happen when I'm running
>>>> InDesign) or hardware thing and I'm not sure the best way to address
>>>> it.
>>>
>>> First, create a new admin user, log into that account and see if the
>>> problem persists. If so, reinstall Panther, selecting Archive &
>>> Install,
>>> saving network settings, and see if that fixes it.