A cocktail back atcha

[Brian Olesky]

Chas,

Though I hate to put words in other people's mouths, I'm sure I'm not the
only one on this list that genuinely appreciates the generosity you and
others continue to show by sharing your time and your knowledge so freely
with us. 

When it comes to understanding and running computers, I think I was born
with too little ram and a hard drive that could've been a tad bigger, but
thanks to this list, I've got a computer that continues to run flawlessly, I
know how to fix a lot of problems I didn't even know existed 9 months ago,
and I've even been able to help some friends with their computers, which
shocks them as much as it does me.

So I just wanted to thank you all for the help. And for the good company as
well.

Brian

On 5/29/03 11:41 AM, "Charles Martin" <chasm at mac.com> wrote:

> Excellent question, something I've been meaning to write about for some
> time.
> 
> IMHO, Cocktail is a successor to MacJanitor. When it comes to MJ's
> primary function (deleting/rotating log files), both do exactly the
> same thing -- invoke a UNIX "housekeeping" routine. Mac OS X actually
> does this automatically, but only if the machine is awake and running
> at 4:30am each day -- probably not the case for most of us, thus the
> need for the programs.
> 
> Cocktail, unlike MacJanitor, has many other functions. It also cleans
> out caches (very handy), repairs permissions, re-prebinds files*,
> customises the Dock and Finder, optimises a broadband connection and
> more. But what I really like is that I can set up Auto-Pilot in
> Cocktail, walk away for 5-10 minutes and come back to find the machine
> all spiffed up and rebooted. Other than invoke the program, I don't
> have to do anything or know anything. :)