I am currently borrowing one of my friend's iBook laptops for a few weeks. I still have my Sony Vaio notebook but I needed another portable since my sister is currently the Vaio more than I do. I'm just wondering where are the diagnostic tools in this thing and the location of the system's basic info (Processor speed, graphics chip info, onboard memory count). No, I'm not talking about the equivelant of Window's Control Panel but the Mac equivelant of Window's System Information found in XP.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Running OSX? Under the Apple Menu at Upper Left, select "About This Mac". That'll give you the OS version, processor speed and memory. Click the "More Info" Button to open the Apple System Profiler for detailed bus and volume and software info.
In OS 9 the "About this Macintosh" does the same thing as above, but the Apple System Profiler is a separate menu choice.
Enjoy your borrowed Mac.
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Thanks Balaam... I just hope my friend doesn't mind me filling his hard drive full of Trek. Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
If you want an overabundance of white and shiney, go to an Apple store...
Oy...
Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
"full of Trek..."
...pr0n? B)
[ July 31, 2003, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Cartmaniac ]
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
No, starship images... I just replaced his generic Apple background with USS Voyager warping out with three shuttles from a large, bright explosion.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
White and shiney. I'm glad this didn't turned out to be yet another masturbation thread.
Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :
And now it has. Good move, kid. B)
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I suppose I could steer the conversation back to donuts again. . .
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Michael, I'd recommend checking the /Applications/Utilities/ folder. There are a few tools in there that might help you, depending on what you're looking for. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
There's a glazing joke around here somewhere...
Posted by CaptainMike20X6 (Member # 709) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartmaniac: "full of Trek..."
...pr0n? B)
my God.. it's full of pr0n !! Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I'm trying to find the mac version of Windows Disk Cleanup. Where is it?
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Well, what does Windows Disk Cleanup do, exactly?
If it's general repair stuff, you can probably use the First Aid panel in Disk Utility, one of the programs in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder.
If you're looking to defragment/optimize the hard drive, you'll need one of the third-party applications. I believe the four biggest are Norton Utilities, Drive 10, TechTool Pro, and FWB Hard Disk Toolkit. Any of these is more likely to be located in your /Applications folder (not the /Utilities folder).
Feel free to send me a PM or e-mail if you've got more specific questions... Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Disk Cleanup removes things you temporarily downloaded, temporary internet files, the recycle bin, and other stuff that eat up hard drive space.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Ah!
Well, I've never worried too much about that, personally. The cache files are generally "recycled" automatically after a while by the system.
You can empty the Trash (Recycle Bin) by either selecting the command from the "Finder" menu (top left, in Finder) or holding down the control button and clicking on the Trash icon in the Dock (bottom, on right) and selecting "Empty Trash" from the menu.
But there are a few programs out there that can speed the process up and take care of that kind of thing. I ran a quick search for you -- here's the results:
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