Apple's 'Quick Assist' support document edited, drops permissions repair and 'restart just because' tips

Though they still suggest backing up files then deleting the originals.

@ twist

Install menumeters and keep a track of how much memory is being used by your applications if you see a disturbing rise then use activity monitor, or top (in terminal) to find out what's using the resources. You shouldn't have to reboot every 6 days.

The only time my powerbook gets rebooted is if Apple require it after an update.

From the Department of Redundancy Department:

"Mac OS X automatically does most of that work itself automatically". You guys are so freakin' cute when you get carried away with your reporting! :)

I find that after about six days my iBook starts getting the spinning beach ball of death pretty often. This used to happen after only four days before I maxed out the RAM. My guess is that this is caused by memory leaks in the various applications I use. Perhaps just logging out and logging back in would take care of it but I go ahead and restart about once per week.