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PC problems. Are these issues with OSX, too?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1395495"><p>Uninstall - The only thing that sometimes gets left behind are a few very small pref files, as Slydude said. They don't get referenced, they don't slow you down and they take VERY little disk space. Unless you delete thousands of applications, you won't notice them.</p><p></p><p>The most prevalent maintenance activity is to check permissions. There is a disk utility that comes with OSX that does that. Takes a few minutes to complete. I run that about every 8 weeks or so, just as insurance.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a developer, so I can't speak to sandboxing, but you can run virtual machines using either Parallels or VMWare. I don't think you can run Lion virtually in Lion, but I think Lion Server can run Lion virtually. Maybe a developer can wade in here.</p><p></p><p>The only activity I've seen under OSX are the indexing for Spotlight and TimeMachine. Spotlight needs time on a fresh disk to index the files so it can reference them for you, but that's a one time investment. After that, any new file is indexed as it is created, so you don't see the lag after that initial indexing. (BTW, the most prevalent time to notice this is to attach a new external drive with files on it. Spotlight immediately indexes that drive.) Time machine takes a while on the first backup, but subsequent backups are faster, unless you have made a lot of changes. Overall, OSX doesn't have much going on that impacts your experience with it.</p><p></p><p>I've had the problem of a file in use once or twice, usually when trying to delete a bunch of files. It leaves behind in the trash the one that was in use, but deletes everything else. </p><p></p><p>I've never had a copy fail in Finder, so I can't say whether or not a big copy could have a problem. I've never seen one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1395495"] Uninstall - The only thing that sometimes gets left behind are a few very small pref files, as Slydude said. They don't get referenced, they don't slow you down and they take VERY little disk space. Unless you delete thousands of applications, you won't notice them. The most prevalent maintenance activity is to check permissions. There is a disk utility that comes with OSX that does that. Takes a few minutes to complete. I run that about every 8 weeks or so, just as insurance. I'm not a developer, so I can't speak to sandboxing, but you can run virtual machines using either Parallels or VMWare. I don't think you can run Lion virtually in Lion, but I think Lion Server can run Lion virtually. Maybe a developer can wade in here. The only activity I've seen under OSX are the indexing for Spotlight and TimeMachine. Spotlight needs time on a fresh disk to index the files so it can reference them for you, but that's a one time investment. After that, any new file is indexed as it is created, so you don't see the lag after that initial indexing. (BTW, the most prevalent time to notice this is to attach a new external drive with files on it. Spotlight immediately indexes that drive.) Time machine takes a while on the first backup, but subsequent backups are faster, unless you have made a lot of changes. Overall, OSX doesn't have much going on that impacts your experience with it. I've had the problem of a file in use once or twice, usually when trying to delete a bunch of files. It leaves behind in the trash the one that was in use, but deletes everything else. I've never had a copy fail in Finder, so I can't say whether or not a big copy could have a problem. I've never seen one. [/QUOTE]
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