[P1] Mac OS X not so stable...

[davemansueto at mindspring.com]

Just my two cents..
download the utility "Cocktail" ...
It is awesome... It has an auto setting which runs various mantenance stuff including..
running fix permissions and running os x's built in mantenance scripts...
If you sleep the book during the downtime.. as I and most laptoppers do.. OS X can't run the unix cron scripts that usually are run in the wee hours of the morning... Coctail runs these so your machine is in tip top shape...
one should also run fsck every once and awhile...
That said... I too have experienced the sleep of death from the ibook... it is a mysterious thing....
My ibook is in service getting a new logic board....It has been in for service 3 times now.... Hope this times the charm...
rockin'
dave mansueto
http://www.emayhem.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Rodgers <jackrodgers at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sep 30, 2003 9:26 PM
To: iBook List <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [P1] Mac OS X not so stable...


On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 06:29  PM, David Binnion wrote:

> Whatever works for you is the right answer.

Shades of the 70s and psychobabble...  :)

> I only turn off my computers if
> I'm going to be away for several days. Even at work over the weekend I 
> only
> sleep them. Why not? My devices use almost no electricity while 
> asleep. If I
> were using OS 9 or Win98 or if I had some device that didn't power 
> itself
> down I'd think otherwise.

Good answer. One extra point, if you use sleep then you don't subject 
your computer to the rigors of a cold start not to mention the user's 
nerves being frayed by having to wait.

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