On 1/4/04 Kirk McElhearn wrote: >Pardon me, but so many people think that running Cocktail is such a miracle >- it does not repair permissions; merely cleans up and rotates logs. While >this is useful, it has nothing to do with your Mac's stability or speed. The >maintenance operations it runs are far from essential. Thanks for the info, but what would you suggest as a regular maintenance schedule? I've now repaired permissions from the install disk but Cocoaspell still doesn't work. [sigh..] I'll try installing an app later today and see what happens. Got to get some work done over at the Uni now. cheers, Chris