Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar
Date	2017-04-08 14:55 -0400
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In article <ocbbg7$bbv$1@news.albasani.net>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> >> As regards Macaroni, I seem to recall a recent discussion, although it
> >> could
> >> have been on a web forum! Whatever. The gist of it was that as ³old² as
> >> macaroni is, under Sierra, it supposedly still functions as intended.
> > 
> > doesn't matter. it's not needed.
> 
> The various unix maintenance aspects and cache cleaning need not be 
> done?  Or they are being done by the OS?

maintenance tasks are done by the os. no need for anything extra.

caches don't need to be cleaned (nor does memory). 

adding another utility to do the same thing the os is already doing is
at best a waste and at worst, can cause *way* more problems than it
claims to solve.

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Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 15:28 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-07 22:39 +0000
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-07 23:00 +0000
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:11 -0700
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:19 -0700
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:21 -0400
        Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:37 -0700
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-08 14:17 +0000
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2017-04-08 00:45 +0200
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-04-08 09:05 +1100
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 19:59 -0400
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:14 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-08 12:58 -0500
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 11:16 -0700
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 14:21 -0400
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 11:51 -0700
        Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 14:55 -0400
          Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 19:23 +0000
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 17:31 -0700
          Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-08 20:08 -0500
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 21:19 -0400
              Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-09 12:46 -0500
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 02:48 +0000
              Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-09 12:46 -0500
                Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-09 11:11 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-04-08 16:39 -0400

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