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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.
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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.
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Thanks Balaam... I just hope my friend doesn't mind me filling his hard drive full of Trek.
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If you want an overabundance of white and shiney, go to an Apple store...
Oy...
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just made by the Presbyterian Church
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"full of Trek..."
...pr0n? B)
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No, starship images... I just replaced his generic Apple background with USS Voyager warping out with three shuttles from a large, bright explosion.
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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.
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Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
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There's a glazing joke around here somewhere...
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I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP
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quote:Originally posted by Cartmaniac: "full of Trek..."
...pr0n? B)
my God.. it's full of pr0n !!
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I'm trying to find the mac version of Windows Disk Cleanup. Where is it?
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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...
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Disk Cleanup removes things you temporarily downloaded, temporary internet files, the recycle bin, and other stuff that eat up hard drive space.
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