 | Sep 24 2009 |
MICG Awful. Caused my system to lock up with the newer release. Messes up things.
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 | Nov 2 2007 |
THE_JUDGE_G4 This was my #1 utility program on my PPC Mac. Now I have a Intel Mac and unfortunately this app hasn't been compiled as an UB and doesn't work on Intel. I've given up and now using OnyX which does everything I need to keep my Mac running smoothly.
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| Sep 5 2006 |
PRINCESSGEEK Found this is the best because it's free and it does the work! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I'm recommending this to my clients, family, friends, and students because they need to learn that maintenance is just as important as purchasing the right computer . . . Mac Rules!
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| Oct 14 2006 |
MMAC Waiting for 10.4.8 & for Intel too. Thanks for great and free stuff.
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| May 25 2005 |
SON_OF_HORUS ... this new version runs fine under 10.4.1. does a fine job however, if you aren't queasy about droping into 'single user' mode, take a look at AppleJack 1.4.1. (it's free) It does any of 5 maintenance jobs -- some of which no freeware can perform under OS 10.4.x As a bonus, you can listen to your G5's fans run wild for a minute or so.
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| May 25 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Holy fsck Batman
the best of the best is back :-) I always recommend this UNIX "clearing house" application to folks just for the simple reason it's simple and they can't "screw anything up" by using it (i.e. unlike some other UNIX tools). Don't get me wrong, Onyx is great and I use it but, the average person just needs a little house cleaning it they turn their Mac off when not in use
Great job
again :-)
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| May 24 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Like a phoenix, back from the ashes! Nice.
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| May 19 2005 |
SON_OF_HORUS Compatible with OS 10.4.1 runs only cron maintenance scripts -- singly or altogether
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| May 18 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Is this compatible with Tiger?
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| May 17 2005 |
MATT I love this app. It makes maintenance easy and doesn't do anything unnecessary like Onyx does. Simple, easy to use and free. Big thanks to the developer.
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| Mar 18 2005 |
HERPESTHECLOWN Running it on 10.3.8. Mac was running slow and I had tried a number of things. MacJanitor cleared the problem right away. Great app! I would gladly pay money for this.
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| Jan 5 2005 |
COFFEEGUZZLER This is a GREAT app; it does what it says, and does it well. I would gladly pay for it... and it's free. My PowerBook was slowing down, and this fixed it!
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| Oct 1 2004 |
ANONYMOUS It is an old application but I like it. It is elegant, free, easy to use, stable. It works like a charm.
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| Aug 10 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Why using the terminal when I can do the same with a mouse? MacJanitor is a true Mac application. A stable, nice little tool. I like it. Onyx is another good one.
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| Jul 27 2004 |
CHERIE Love it! Love it! Love it! Everything runs smoother now.
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| May 27 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Stable n' free: perfect. Now using 10.3.4, very stable. Think about Cocktail and laugh out loud.
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| Jan 13 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Sometimes, when I run MacJanitor on my B&W Rev 2 G3 running OS 10.3.2, it reports DONE, but the barber pole keeps spinning and I have to cancel the operation. Anyone else seeing this behavior? Is this a problem? And a furthe question: should you desist from using your computer while MacJanitor runs? Maybe this is what causes this behavior? | |
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 | Dec 24 2003 |
ANONYMOUS When i run macJanitor, it instantly replys with 'Done' , when it doesn't seem to have really done anything?
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| Mar 8 2004 |
DR I had the same effect after installing the latest jaguar update and concluded macjanitor was no longer supported. Now on panther I've heard others are still using it so I'm just checking in, but it doesn't appear anything's changed.
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| Mar 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I, too, am having trouble with MacJanitor claiming "Done" when in fact nothing is accomplished. This is on a recently installed HDD of version 10.2.8 (Jaguar). Others, however, have reported that it does, in fact, work properly with 10.3.x (Panther) Perhaps a recent Jaguar security update is disallowing MacJanitor to work...
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 | Jun 23 2004 |
ERIC This is because you don't have the bsd subsytem installed. MacJanitor is a way to run the scripts, but it can't do anything if you didn't install them. Start up from your os x install cd and do a partial install of just the bsd subsystem, or better yet use pacifist to do it.
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| Jul 16 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Your solution to use Pacifist and Panther Install Disk #1 to restore the bsd subsystem worked like a charm on MacJanitor! Thanks!
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| Oct 24 2003 |
SPIRALCRIS I went to Mac Store and they wanted me to bring my computer in for repair -warned me against installing Jaguar becasue I was having so many problems.... Someone in apple.com's discussion suggested I use macJanitor and to also repair permissions regularly (found in utlitities: disk utility) Well, I no longer have problems, I wrote zeros on my drive and installed Jag -happy G4 dual processor and no downtime!
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| Aug 27 2003 |
RADIOMOO macjanitor changes permissions related to locate.database. i had to repair permissions twice before i realized what was happening.
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| Aug 13 2003 |
ANONYMOUS I always find doing things yourself the best. So here are the Prebinding, and UNIX cron commands that can be entered into the Terminal: sudo -S /etc/daily, sudo -S /etc/weekly, sudo -S /ect/monthly, sudo -S update_prebinding root /. | |
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| Jun 19 2003 |
BART-MAN Excellent product. I use it regularly. It seems to speed everything up after it is run, and eliminate "quirks" which creep in such as the inability to shut down (the computer simply restarts when shutdown is selected). MacJanitor fixes all !!! Use it regularly!!!
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| Jun 14 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Very useful, but I've always got to re-authorize after running two of the three scripts. Nevermind this, as it save the use of the terminal. You won't need this if you're Mac is running all the time or if you have changed the cron scripts to run at a different time (when your Mac's running).
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| May 12 2003 |
ANONYMOUS although i have found the daily and weekly cleen ups to helpfull if you are running os x 10.2.5 or 6. Be carefull i have found that the full clean up option (all tasks) seems to mess up your machine in some wierd way. every time that it is used i.e the computer goes to sleep and wont wake up. then after restrating you will incouter a black srceen forcing you to switch off the computor at the power point. another exaple seams to bethat after running my imac lost all record of mr passwords until the system was resarted wierd?????? although none of the problems are long lasting they are just a pain in the soft derier!!!
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| May 11 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Fantastic necessary program to keep things running smooth. I use it on work unit where a jumble of programs run simultaneously including e-mail. And at home on my laptop, neither with any problems or crashes.
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| Apr 18 2003 |
ANONYMOUS This is a great program I found recommended by people on the apple forums. Was easy to use and runs as described. Have since been using another application that does more for me, but it worked fine for a long time with no problems. Highly recommend for running those cron jobs!
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| Mar 26 2003 |
BRYAN This is a great program. It's absolutely necessary for those of us with notebooks or those who don't leave their computers on overnight. I have not had any problem with 10.2.4 and printing. Besides all this program does is force native OS X jobs to run, the program itself does nothing to your system.
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| Mar 23 2003 |
MIKE WACH Do not use this utility if you are running OS 10.2.4. It disables a key file needed for printing, so when any application tried to print, it crashes.
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| Jun 22 2002 |
SNAZZQUEEN This program is nice, simple, FREE, and very necessary for those of us who leave our computers off or sleeping at night, If you would like to know how to change the "cron" maintenance schedule to run automatically at a different time and learn a little about using the OS X terminal also, read this tutorial: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html
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| May 19 2001 |
RWOURMS A very usefull and important freeware. Great !
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