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License:
Free
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Downloads:
42,931
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- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
September 22, 2003
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Publisher's description of MacJanitor
From Brian Hill:MacJanitor is designed to be used on a periodic basis by Mac OS X 1.0 users who don't leave their computers on 24 hours a day. MacJanitor is provided as freeware as a service to laptop and energy-conscious home users. The Unix subsystems on Mac OS X were originally written for machines that were typically never shut off. Mac OS X inherits this assumption in version 1.0, and has many system-maintenance tasks scheduled to run between 3 and 5 a.m. In addition, scripts are designed to run weekly on weekends and once a month in the middle of the night.
If these maintenance tasks are never run (such as on a laptop that is always shut off at night), many log files and system databases will grow extremely large or fail to get backed up. MacJanitor provides a way to run these system tasks at the click of a button. Laptop users could click the Daily button every morning (or every few days), and office workers could click the Weekly button on Mondays.
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Editor's review of MacJanitor
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- "MacJanitor"
- Version reviewed: MacJanitor 1.2.1
The interface is simple and clearly laid out. You can view and run daily, weekly, and monthly cleanups by clicking a button and then checking the results in the console window. The program usually runs quickly, but can take significantly longer if your system is in disarray.
Although MacJanitor is a one-trick pony, it performs its sole task with ease. A more extensive feature set would be a welcome addition, though. We highly recommend this program for laptop owners or energy-conscious users who shut down their computers frequently.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 10 votes
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Version: MacJanitor 1.2.1
Cons: The program downloads a text document of code.
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Version: MacJanitor 1.2.1
Pros: Nothing. Install at your own risk.
Cons: While you can never really be 100% certain why an OS became corrupt, the timing is just too much for me to discount. This corrupted/killed a 10 week old version of OSX.
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Version: MacJanitor 1.2.1
Summary: I like this program very much. It works very well and keeps my Mac running properly.
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Version: MacJanitor 1.2.1
"Does everything it's supposed to, and it's free."
Summary: Running the scripts in this program really sped up my iMac and its laggy ways. It also put an end to the lockups that i was experiencing nightly. If you don't run your Mac 24/7, get this ASAP ;-)
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Version: MacJanitor 1.2.1
"It does was it's supposed to do and does it well!"
Summary: Thats all i ask from a application.
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