Use of onyX
- Thread starter JASOX
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G'day JASOX & a belated welcome to Mac-Forum!
I use OnyX and if you stick to the basics it's quite easy to perform the maintenance side of things.
After launching OnyX, Click on the:
Cleaning Button. Then click on the:
Internet button:
There are 4 boxes ticked and 3 unticked. I leave this as is and just click Execute.
Caches:
I always leave the default boxes ticked and click Execute - occaisionally I'll tick to add the System Cache box but never the Kernal Cache box.
Logs:
I leave this set to default and just click on Execute.
Trash:
I always select the 'Securely Delete' option here.
Misc:
I leave this set to default and execute.
If prompted to restart at any time - I restart immediately then continue back where I left off. Usually there are about 4-5 reboots involved.
Next, click on the:
Maintenance button.
First stop ...
Permissions Tab:
I don't have OS 9 so I just leave OS X ticked then press Execute.
Scripts:
I run all 3 scripts at once.
Reset:
I usually skip this but it may come in handy in the future. Note there is the option to Reset Finder SideBar here, if it goes awry.
Optimize:
I always execute a Complete System Optimization here.
This is followed by a prompt to reboot.
There are tons of other options in OnyX but I recommend you leave them alone as the last thing anyone wants is problems which could arise from meddling about out of curiosity.
Hope this helps.
I use OnyX and if you stick to the basics it's quite easy to perform the maintenance side of things.
After launching OnyX, Click on the:
Cleaning Button. Then click on the:
Internet button:
There are 4 boxes ticked and 3 unticked. I leave this as is and just click Execute.
Caches:
I always leave the default boxes ticked and click Execute - occaisionally I'll tick to add the System Cache box but never the Kernal Cache box.
Logs:
I leave this set to default and just click on Execute.
Trash:
I always select the 'Securely Delete' option here.
Misc:
I leave this set to default and execute.
If prompted to restart at any time - I restart immediately then continue back where I left off. Usually there are about 4-5 reboots involved.
Next, click on the:
Maintenance button.
First stop ...
Permissions Tab:
I don't have OS 9 so I just leave OS X ticked then press Execute.
Scripts:
I run all 3 scripts at once.
Reset:
I usually skip this but it may come in handy in the future. Note there is the option to Reset Finder SideBar here, if it goes awry.
Optimize:
I always execute a Complete System Optimization here.
This is followed by a prompt to reboot.
There are tons of other options in OnyX but I recommend you leave them alone as the last thing anyone wants is problems which could arise from meddling about out of curiosity.
Hope this helps.
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i just downloaded onyx and when its doing the startup volume i got an error 
"Error:1
error detected (-9972) while verifying/repairing volume disk0s2 MacBook Pro"
help!! what do i do to fix this>?!??!?!
"Error:1
error detected (-9972) while verifying/repairing volume disk0s2 MacBook Pro"
help!! what do i do to fix this>?!??!?!
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cool thank you
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