[X4U] Mac OS X Routine Maintenance

[Randy B.Singer]

Shera said:

>Think about it, don't you think that the people of apple would have  
>given or made a tool for defraging if it were an important issue,  
>they seem to cover everything else. 


No, I don't.  Apple doesn't "cover everything." Indeed, if Apple covered 
everything all of the third party utilities that I mention on my OS X 
Maintenance site wouldn't exist. 

In fact, for some folks (who pay extra) Apple hands out a copy of 
TechTool for them to do their maintenance and repair with.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25186

Apple has never offered a directory repair utility on par with Disk 
Warrior, even under OS 8 and 9 when it was really important.

And as a final example, Apple has never offered anti-virus software, even 
under OS 7, 8 and 9, when there were viruses that you really needed to 
worry about.  Apple offered a copy of Virex (a third-party application) 
with a .Mac subscription for a few years, but they discontinued doing 
that.

You can put all of your blind faith in Apple, but you do so at your own 
peril.

 

Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

ROUTINE OS X MAINTENANCE
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html