Category: Leopard

Deleting .log Files which program to use?

Kappy suggests “OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 no sleep. If this isnt the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts had been significantly reduced in Tiger and Leopard. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard and should not be installed.”

I have used Macaroni and it works great.  He has some other great troubleshooting and optimization suggestions.

via Apple – Support – Discussions – Deleting .log Files ….

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Software Update FAIL: -1001

Apple – Support – Discussions – Software Update FAIL:.  Are you getting this error message? “A networking error has occurred: timed out (-1001). Make sure you can connect to the Internet, then try again.”

KJK555 suggests this:

Run Permissions repair, if that doesn’t help:
1. clean everything out of the /Library/Updates directory.
if it still don’t work:
2. rename or delete this file:
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
if it still don’t work:
3. rename or delete this file (in your home directory):
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
Last resort:
4. archive and install (unless someone chimes in with more suggestions).

And Carolyn Samit suggests this:

HI,

HD>Users/YourName/Library/Caches com.apple.SoftwareUpdate

Delete this file: Cache.db restart your Mac and see if you can run Software Update.

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