dan I too have "systems works' ...it's my fall back tool when all else doesn't work1 A while back I picked up something called "Cocktail" along with "Mac Janitor" these small application toos work great taking care of my day to day needs. I would simple say go out and pick them up today ...also Mac Word also thanks highly of these items. "Cocktail" lets you fix and retore permissions on the run. rick --- "Daniel Brieck Jr." <djbrieck at mac.com> wrote: > You can use the Apple Disk Utility to check for some > problems. Located > Applications/Utilities. That is all that I use. I > wonder if i should > have something more? I use to use System-Works as > well but then I > heard bad things and got rid of it. Some say that > System-works can > causes more problems than it fixes... What are > good mac Utility > programs now? What does everyone else use? > > > Dan Brieck Jr. > > On Mar 14, 2005, at 7:37 AM, Donna Dene English > wrote: > > > Hello, > > I use norton to check for problems and de-fragment > my drives. > > I have not upgraded norton (systemworks 3.0) but > have Jaguar installed. > > Norton will not run speed disc I get a message > saying the directories > > are too large. > > > > How do I make directories smaller? > > > > Is there another way to clean up the drive with > out norton? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Donna Dene English > > > > _______________________________________________ > > G4 mailing list > > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! > Vintage Mac and random > > stuff: > > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >