OnyX
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| Size: | 17.6 MB |
| Last Update: | 2008-02-19 22:30:16 |
| Version: | 1.9.3 |
| OS Support: | Mac OS X/Mac Universal Binary |
| License/Program Type: | Freeware |
| Publisher: | Titanium Software |
| Price: | $0.00 |
Description:
'OnyX' is a maintenance tool program that allows you to access
and use hidden Mac OS X features.
This tool needs to run under administrative privileges. Every time
you start it, you need to provide your password and run it under an
administrator account.
At start up, the first thing that the program verifies is the
S.M.A.R.T. of your hard drive(s). This feature can be disabled, but
you should probably leave it checked. Another thing that can be
verified at startup is the volume. This action is optional and you
probably shouldn't use it in the automatic setting, because it
prolongs the OnyX startup. Use it only if you want to run
maintenance scripts or other things like that.
The interface is very well structured and you can use it without
any trouble. Nevertheless, some features shouldn't be used without
reading the product's documentation or you may get a Mac OS X that
won't behave well. The entire interface is divided among buttons
that have a suggestive functionality, such as Parameters,
Maintenance, Cleaning, Automation, Log Files, Unix Utilities, Info,
and Preferences. However, those buttons don't affect your system.
They just open panels that allow you to do these actions. Every
panel is structured into tabs, which extend the functionality of
the interface in a positive manner.
The 'Parameters' area allows you to set various Mac OS X
parameters. My favorite is the possibility to use an animated
background. The interface says that using this functionality
requires a relatively powerful computer. My opinion about this
functionality is that it has a fair use of resources.
The 'Maintenance' area allows you to run various maintaining
scripts that make your Mac work better. It also has an optimization
area, where you can choose between 'update' optimization and
'complete optimization'.
The 'Cleaning' area can wipe out any unnecessarily data. It can
also clear your browser's cache or cookies. Securely deleting the
files from trash is the feature that I liked the most in this area.
The secure delete action is a time consuming activity, because it
rewrites the files three times before deleting them.
The 'Automation' area allows you to execute actions from other
sections fast. It has features from the maintenance area and from
the cleaning area.
The 'Log Files' area allows you to view tones of log files from
your system. Those things can be boring, if you have no idea what
those logs do. Thus, maybe you should skip this part, if you are
not a hardcore computer user.
The 'Unix utilities' area is interesting. It allows you to use
features that are typical for UNIX applications. The best feature
is allowing you to search for the application's manual and export
it as a PDF file. I tried to export the gcc manual and I was quite
impressed by the 100 pages document that was outputted.
The 'Info' area gives you some information about your Mac. The
information provided is about the computer, the hardware, the disk,
the system, or the user. The disk section is the only one that
allows you to change something. It turns off journaling your disk.
This is a settings that you shouldn't modify, if you really
don't know what you are doing. Turning off journaling of a file
system can lead to data loss or corruption of your file system, if
the system fails or crashes.
The last item that you can find into this list is the
'Preferences' panel that is also available into the
application's menu. This section allows you to modify some of the
default settings of OnyX, as well as allowing you to restore the
default settings in case something was wrongfully modified and you
just can't find it.
Pluses: it's an all-in-one maintaining tool. It gives you
access to hidden Mac OS X features.
Drawbacks / flaws: it's a beta version, so it might crash.
Some features must be used with extreme caution.
In conclusion: This application has so many features that I
just can't write about all of them. My reaction after testing this
software was "are you kidding me? An entire box of fun toys
free?". Yes, the software and the fun toys are free.
version reviewed: 1.7.8 b2
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