System Utilities > System Maintenance

Description: Maintain, Manage and Optimize your Hard DriveIs your computer running slower? Drive Genius 2 is the best disk utility for the Mac platform. Disk defrag, directory repair and repartition on-the-fly are only a few of the award-winning features of Drive Genius 2. Optimize your drive with Drive Genius. Yes, this is the same product used by Apple at the Genius Bar to defrag your drive!* *Part of the ProCare program offered by Apple ComputerDrive Genius has established itself as THE industry standard disk utility for the Mac platform. The new Drive Genius 2 is built upon the same award-winning foundation of the original Drive Genius. Improvements have been made to speed and overall performance in the new version. One of the most noticeable and eye catching changes is the all-new user interface. Drive Genius 2 makes hard maintenance tasks painless, fast and easy.What's new in this version:* Bug Fix: Possible (benign) crash during a Defrag on 10.6.x.* Bug Fix: Possible data loss while moving a volume with Reparti...

Keywords: directory computer optimize utility repair tasks drive data 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 27648 kb; Updated: 2010-02-04

Description: IceClean is a powerful Finder and System optimization tool using ONLY built-in Unix system tasks to help your System stay healthy and to keep it running smoothly. IceClean lets you execute the following tasks:System Maintenance Process & InfosPeriodic Routine ScriptsVerify Preferences .plist filesRepair PermissionsUpdate PrebindingsUpdate Locate & Whatis DatabasesRebuild LaunchservicesCheck Disk S.M.A.R.T. StatusSystem Info (Fixed Internal & External Disks, Kernel Infos & Processes Status, Power Management Settings)Show (/var, /bin, /etc, /private, Receipts & Virtual Memory Lists)Unix MAN PagesCall Terminal & ConsoleSystem CleanupRemove Root & User System CachesDeep Safari CleanupRemove Safari IconsRemove Log fIlesRemove .Localized & Temporary filesFinder Utilities and CustomizationSpotlight features (Rebuild, Update, Optimize, Remove Databases. Show Spotlight Index Status, Enable or Disable Spotlilght Indexing)Dashboard ON/OFFShow Hidden FIles and FoldersForce Relaunch Dock and FinderShow Finder 'Quit' I...

Keywords: management utilities optimize virtual remove memory system files 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1331 kb; Updated: 2010-02-04

Description: Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail's major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.What's new in this version:Added clearing of Adobe Flash Player caches and cookiesAdded clearing of Google Chrome cookies, form values, history and page iconsAdded clearing of the latest variants of the RSPlug (Jahlav) trojan horseAddresses minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X ServerOverall performance improvementsUpdated Automator actionsUpdated Help files and improved Help menu

Keywords: application optimize advanced utility digital history system player 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2253 kb; Updated: 2010-01-28

Description: Created with System Administrators who service large groups of workstations in mind, Yasu (Yet Another System Utility) was made to do a specific group of maintenance tasks quickly within a few clicks, rather than needing to endlessly type shell script commands in the Terminal application.What's new in this version:Fixed "error 2" issue some users have reported.

Keywords: application utility system script error tasks 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 4096 kb; Updated: 2010-01-27

Description: SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending hard disk drive problems. SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always displayed through the customizable menu item. Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your FireWire hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple. Please note that a S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn't mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. catch all possible HDD errors - it's just a very valua...

Keywords: application monitoring analysis system drive disk into 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1331 kb; Updated: 2010-01-08

Description: AppZapper allows you to confidently uninstall virtually any application as easily as it was installed - just drag and drop. Drag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and let's you delete them with a single click. A slick safety system remembers which apps you want to keep safe, and the log tracks all the files you've zapped. Put simply, AppZapper is the uninstaller Apple forgot.

Keywords: application uninstall system delete files watch 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1741 kb; Updated: 2010-01-06

Description: Purity is the next step in data hygiene. Purity has been trained over the years to hone in on files and caches that collect over time and start eating up your harddrive space.Simply check off anything you'd like cleaned, and your Mac will thank you.

Keywords: files space data time 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1024 kb; Updated: 2010-01-03

Description: OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.What's new in this version:Recent Items in the Apple menu correctly deletedNew replacement icon (SnowX)New Visibility tab in Utilities panel (Show/Hide volumes, folders and files)Re-enable the Zoom Text Only option in SafariDeleting cookies improvedDeleting logs improvedMerge temporary items and recent items in the Automation panelHelp updated and reindexed

Keywords: automation utilities utility folders system delete remove files 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 17306 kb; Updated: 2010-01-01

Description: Get the power of a command line without ever getting near it. Do all those things your system maintenance utilities try to do - but do them better and do them your own way. No typing - just 'clix'.You have to perform maintenance routines. You know that. But make a mistake - especially in one of those glittery AppleScript apps - and what happens? You'll have no such fear with CLIX. CLIX is safer - and for the skilled professional safer than even Terminal. From almost every security standpoint.CLIX: the Command Line Interface for OS X. Access to the full power of your operating system. Your computer runs smoother. You learn more, become better and more skilled at running it. CLIX makes it easier for beginners to get up to speed with their new system. For the professional developer or system administrator it's an indispensable tool - a work of reference used by universities around the globe, NASA, the US military, and scientific institutions everywhere. Version 2.0 is a 'milestone upgrade'.What's new in this...

Keywords: administrator utilities computer security system access tool 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 264 kb; Updated: 2009-12-28

Description: Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner is an award winning general purpose tool for Mac OS X. sLCC makes system maintenance simple with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions. Novice and expert users alike will appreciate the powerful toolset sLCC provides. Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner is installed on thousands of personal and business systems around the globe.MaintainenanceSnow Leopard Cache Cleaner is a one stop solution for all of your OS X maintenance needs. Intel or PPC, Panther or Snow Leopard, sLCC has the tools to keep your system running at its best. sLCC Documents and the sLCC Engine maintain system health by providing full automation of common maintenance chores including virus scanning of internet downloads. The sLCC Engine can even repair permissions automatically after software installations. With the sLCC Engine, powerful system maintenance and antivirus can be completely transparent or as close as your menu bar.OptimizationSnow Leopard Cache Cleaner can improve system performance by tu...

Keywords: automation downloads personal internet business cleaner system repair 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 13824 kb; Updated: 2009-12-23