tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863230275877451164.post6860188086976316678..comments2023-06-21T05:41:32.763-04:00Comments on Macintosh Security: May 12: Massive Mac Update Day:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863230275877451164.post-31885705924839425482009-05-26T16:11:27.355-04:002009-05-26T16:11:27.355-04:00Thank you for that tip! I had no idea that was the...Thank you for that tip! I had no idea that was the case. I thought fsck only ran at boot if the system had not been shut down properly.<br /><br />What I personally use, described at length in past posts, is the freeware app Applejack. It does all of the above and repairs permissions, checks for bad preference files and removes your virtual memory files. <br /><br />The drawback, which is why I don't universally recommend it, is that it requires users to boot into Single User Mode which confronts the users with a character line interface. I've worked with CLIs for decades and never liked them. I don't expect anyone else to like them either (although many people love them). Applejack does, thankfully, provide a very simple CLI interface. <br /><br />So for those who want a great little free repair tool and aren't afraid of the big bad CLI, I'd go for Applejack.<br /><br />:-Derek:-Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342215622352099306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863230275877451164.post-45819416243035294452009-05-26T12:43:55.753-04:002009-05-26T12:43:55.753-04:00You mention "2) Repair your boot system! It is ama...You mention "2) Repair your boot system! It is amazing how many system updates go bad simply because the boot system was corrupt. What else would you expect? Boot from your system installation disk and run the repairs inside Disk Utility." but a generally better choice is to do a safeboot - hold the shift key down. It does all the repairs DU will do in this scenario plus it will clean out cached information that should be refreshed every now and then anyway.<br /><br />*<A HREF="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564" REL="nofollow">What is Safe Boot?</A>*<A HREF="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455" REL="nofollow"> Starting up in Safe Mode</A>*<A HREF="http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884" REL="nofollow"> Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup</A>*<A HREF="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303573" REL="nofollow">Computer shuts down during Safe Boot</A>SMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268147821220493560noreply@blogger.com