Filed under: Productivity, Odds and ends, Troubleshooting
Apple's 'Quick Assist' support document edited, drops permissions repair and 'restart just because' tips
Remember that 'Mac Maintenance Quick Assist' Apple Support document we found that seemed to be aimed at those new to Macs and computers in general? You know, the one that recommended fundamentals like dusting your computer and using file names that actually mean something? Well, John Gruber today fortunately pointed out that the document has been slightly edited, as it no longer recommends questionable voodoo repair permissions tactics, nor disk defragmenting (Mac OS X automatically does most of that work itself automatically) or "restarting your Mac every few days just for kicks". Three cheers for sensibility.
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Twist said 4:21PM on 5-31-2006
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.
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Jeem said 4:28PM on 5-31-2006
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! :)
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Ultim8Fury said 5:04PM on 5-31-2006
@ 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.
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James Huston said 8:30PM on 5-31-2006
Though they still suggest backing up files then deleting the originals.
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