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Some Switcher questions

post #1 of 5
4/24/06 at 8:33pm
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Hello Im a long time windows switcher who is now in love with os x and I have a few questions

In windows I can moniter and tell processes and services not to start up by using start--> run--> msconfig

Whats the os x way of doing this?

I know about typing top in the termial window and killing processes but is there a menu gui like there is in windows with msconfig?

Every month or so in windows I defrag my diskdrive....what do I have to do in OS X to keep my laptop running well?



In boot camp running windows xp with my macbook pro how do I simulate right click without an external mouse?
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post #2 of 5
4/24/06 at 9:31pm
activity monitor in your utilities folder within your apps folder. u can force quit or regular quit. usually if u need to quit an app u prolly need to force quit. u can also right click or on a lappy control+click on the app in the dock and it will usually give u a force quit option for apps that may not be functioning appropriately. i usually do that, and if the force option doesn't pop up i go to the activity monitor.

to configure specific startup apps, go to your system preferences and click on your accounts and look at your login items, check or uncheck as needed, or add apps that u may want to load w/ the "+" tab.
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post #3 of 5
4/25/06 at 12:29am
There's no need for an MSConfig like programme with OS X because everything loaded is essential to the system unless you have stuff set in your User account to load at start up. You access that like tria said; through system preferences.

As tria said: Activity Monitor is the GUI for top.

OS X defrags files under 20 megs every time they're opened so unless you work with large files a lot you don't have to worry so much.

An external mouse will have right and left clicking abilities on both Windows and OS X.
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post #4 of 5
4/25/06 at 7:08pm
Also, MacJanitor is a great app to run every once in a while to keep the system fresh. It uses scripts that are already implemented in the system, but like me, I don't leave my notebook on during the night, which is when OS X supposedly refreshes itself. So running MacJanitor daily/weekly/monthly (you choose) is a good system refresher.
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post #5 of 5
4/26/06 at 3:45am
Maintenance is actually better than MacJanitor as it doesn't just run the cron scripts; it can update prebindings and clear the caches and stuff too.
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