[Ti] Tiger Install (?)

[Dennis Fazio]

On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:54 PM, T Molnar wrote:

> Any particular order for the use of the following?
>
> Diskwarrior (recreates the volume header)
> Onyx (permissions, caches etc.)
> iDefrag (optimizes sizes and placement of files)
>
In my opinion (others may differ):
If your Panther system is working fine, you don't need Onyx; don't  
mess with caches and system files or application rebinding if you  
don't really have to. You want a clone of the exact system that is  
working well for you in case you have to revert to it. Don't create  
uncertainty by altering the system even in the slightest way just  
before a major upgrade.

Also, skip any defragmentation. OS X already does that on its own and  
any supplemental defrag will not improve anything noticeably. Unix  
file systems behave differently than Mac OS 9 and file placement is  
not an issue. There is some opinion that defrag utilities will likely  
make performance slightly worse.

Run permissions repair out of Disk Utility and Disk Warrior. They can  
go in either order since they do quite different things and do not  
affect each other.

If you're at all concerned about leftover cruft from Panther, just do  
a clone of Panther to an external volume and perform an archive and  
install or a full clean install. It does a much more thorough job  
than picking out files here and there.

-- 
Dennis Fazio
dfz at mac.com