[Grant_G]

I thought Macaroni only ran the cron scripts??
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[lkalliance]

Even at that, though, it's a real feather in the developer's cap. He just calls it Macaroni.

[Grant_G]

LOL, soon you'll be starting a whole new controversy. Many of "our brethren" here don't believe they're necessary either.
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[berg]

That's one of the best things about it .. repairs permissions weekly ...

[Hawaiian_Starman]

Check out these Take Control E-Books. They are inexpensive, thorough and will simply the Panther transition.

[Grant_G]

After I wrote that post yesterday I went to the MacUpdate site and searched out Macaroni. Their info doesn't mention permissions at all, just the cron scripts. I'm confused, and don't have the program (don't need it or want it), but would like to add it to the FAQ since several people use it and all of them love it.
Is it an undocumented feature, or is MacUpdate just behind in their posting?
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[berg]

I guess it's undocumented ... maybe I'll write the developer about that
Here's the help file from Macaroni in System Prefs ..
When do maintenance jobs actually run?
When Macaroni is first installed, the normal schedule is as follows:
Daily Unix maintenance: Every day
Weekly Unix maintenance: Once a week on Monday
Monthly Unix maintenance: Once a month on the 15th of the month
Mac OS X Repair Permissions: Once a week on Sunday
Mac OS X Remove Localized Files:Once a month on the 10th of the month.

[Grant_G]

Danke schoen! I have amended the FAQ and will send it along to d00d.
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[davic3]

Ok, so I went ahead with the upgrade this weekend and am back to let everyone know it went pretty well.
Still getting used tto finding my way around, and updating my software. One problem is an external drive I have. It is a SCIS drive that I had connected with a SCIS to USB adapter. This is not showing up. Any Ideas /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[dmod415]

My opinion(s) and experience support your position. Wanted you to know you're not alone, although in the minority. Forums tend to attract the desperate and those whose work involves the Mac platform. The vast majority of Mac users flail away in solitude (without written documentation now) doing their best to gain and maintain defensible productivity, upgrading only when other factors necessitate.
Would direct any more of like mind to my earlier thread of "How Make OS X Look and Work Like 9.2.2?" (03/08/04)
Thinking back on the time and trouble, Apple (and Jobs) is/are luck I couldn't bill them for the time I had to invest to complete the transition (and become functional with Word and Mail). Haven't booted in OS 9 for months now, but still spend time in Classic (WriteNow and Helix). And yes, I made OS X look and feel (at least enough for me) like 9.2.2!
Regards,
WRB