How do you do a 'clean up' on a an apple mac OS X?

Question

hi all.. i have got both a PC & MAC...

every so often i 'clean up' my PC ... where the computer deletes temp. internet files and other files that build up that are safe to deleat. i was wondering if there was such thing for a MAC? My PC gets filled with loads of temp internet files & other temp files .. i try clean every so often but now im abiit worried im letting them build up on my MAC.

IS THERE SUCH THING ON A MAC???

thanks for reading.. nat x

Answer 1

OS X has its own built-in utility which automatically runs maintenance scripts (also know as cron jobs) between 03:15 and 05:00 each day. These maintenance tasks are quite basic and can only run when the computer is on. There are several free applications available which enable you to manually run system maintenance tasks. I've outlined some of the popular ones below:



1. OnyX

OnyX is an excellent maintenance and optimisation utility no Mac user should be without. In addition to running maintenance scripts to keep your system running smoothly, you can also delete temporary files such as internet and application caches that have built up over time.

Overview: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx.html

Download: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html



2. sterMachine

sterMachine is a similar application to OnyX, but it isn't as user friendly. Among other things, you can run maintenance tasks, repair disk permissions and delete temp files.

http://www.jaanpatterson.com/stermachine.html



3. MacJanitor

A popular utility designed to run the system's daily, weekly and monthly cron jobs.

http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html

Answer 2

Open Safari, and got the upper left hand corner. File and Reset Safari.

Answer 3

Read this about Mac OS X http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html and you can do a google search on maintaining Mac OS X.

Answer 4

no