[P1] Coctail

[Daniel Galley]

le 2/06/03 2:59, Charles Martin à chasm at mac.com a écrit :

>> From: Susan Wittner <momimu at earthlink.net>
>> 
>> I have been following the thread about Cocktail vs Macjanitor.
>> However, when
>> trying to find it, I can only find a version for OSX. I have 9.1, is
>> there a
>> version for that?
> 
> No, because neither program does anything that is needed in OS 9.x or
> earlier.
> 
> The best "preventive maintenance" program for OS 9 and earlier is,
> IMHO, DiskWarrior/PlusOptimiser 2.11 (or whatever the last 2.x version
> was). $70 or so, and is probably still widely available (if not, DW 3
> is almost as good and costs about the same). Norton Utilities is also a
> good choice *if you run it from the CD only and do NOT install it*.
> 
>> I am not sure what kind of system maintenence I should be
>> doing routinely, if anything needs to be done if there seems to be no
>> problems.
> 
> If you own DiskWarrior/PlusOptimizer, it's a good idea to run it every
> month or few months (depending on your usage). It catches directory
> corruption BEFORE it becomes a problem.
> 
>> I find this list very helpful and interesting to read. Seeing so many
>> computor "geniuses" makes me jealous though, like in "how do these
>> guys know
>> so much?"
> 
> We have NO LIVES. :)
> 
> Just kidding. I have managed to squeeze in a bit of a life (ie got
> married, go to social events, have friends, support the arts in my
> town, etc). But I *do* spend ungodly amounts of time in front of this
> or one of my other (or one of my clients') computers each and every
> day. I read about 20-30 Mac sites a day for news, answer dozens of
> questions a day on Usenet and in mailing lists like this one (and often
> learn things in them as well!), and when not in front of the computer I
> am usually found reading a Mac magazine. Or writing something for
> magazines/newspapers related to Doctor Who, fine dining, old/cult
> movies, or New Wave music -- my other obsessions! :)
> 
> I became a Mac "expert" out of necessity -- the newspaper I was working
> on switched from TRS-80s to Mac SE-30s and there was nobody else who
> was going to keep them running. So a lot of my experience comes from
> trial and error (lots of errors, believe me!), and the rest comes from
> reading. And I still make mistakes sometimes. :)
> 
> Above all else, I try to remember that everybody is good at something
> I'm not (probably lots of things I'm not!), and that although sometimes
> Mac things look obvious to me, if we were talking about fishing or car
> engines or US football or cooking etc ad nauseum, I'd be the one asking
> the "dumb questions" while the angler/mechanic/sports buff/chef etc
> rolls THEIR eyes. :)
> 
> _Chas_
> 
> "[Commercial] radio is absolutely the enemy of music. They  are my
> sworn and mortal enemy, and I will have nothing to do with them." -
> Elvis Costello, March 2003
> 
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I am grateful for the words you put in this post as I am sharing the very
same experience (only for not being a writer  but a huge reader on Mac).
Reading is the key to everything and, although sometimes expensive, by far
the cheapest mean to learn a lot.

D Galley