![]() ![]() You will see a list of available updates. To get a list of available software updates, type the following command: To repair the drive, you can issue the following command into Terminal:ĭiskutil repairvolume /Volumes/BackupStuff/ If, however, you get an error like “The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired,” then you can repair the drive using diskutil as well. If you see no messages, then you can assume that diskutil hasn’t found any errors, and you can move on. So for an external drive named “BackupStuff” you would enter:ĭiskutil verifyvolume /Volumes/BackupStuff/ Or, if you have an external drive attached, you can type or paste in the following:ĭiskutil verifyvolume /Volumes// So, for your main hard drive, you could type or paste in something like: Once launched, type or paste in the following command. Launch Terminal from your Dock, Utilities folder, or via an app launcher like Alfred. I'd like it if you chose to follow me.Verify and Repair Disk Permissions via Terminal (Mac OS X)ĭiskutil repairPermissions / Verify and Repair Volume via Terminal (Mac OS X) Got a story? Drop me a line via Twitter or in comments below and let me know. Google+? If you use social media and happen to be a Google+ user, why not join AppleHolic's Kool Aid Corner community and join the conversation as we pursue the spirit of the New Model Apple? Did I miss any you like? Please let me know. So that’s your Thanksgiving selection of incredibly useful Mac utilities. ![]() LaunchBar ($24) is the go-to application if you’re looking for powerful keyboard shortcuts – you’ll be amazed what it can do. To find large and duplicate files use OmniDiskSweeper, the industry standard tool for the job. When you want optimize your own home or office network, find new open networks or even survey a larger building to identify any network ‘black’ spots, NetSpot is the essential tool for you. That’s why you use AppCleaner, which will delete all those stray support files along with the unwanted app. When you delete the application those support files aren’t always deleted too. When you install them many applications also put necessary Library and other files in place that consume lots of space on your Mac. It handles all your Mac maintenance routines and provides numerous useful features to maximize performance. Onyx has been an essential utility on every Mac I’ve owned for over a decade. If privacy matters to you, you need this. NordVPN provides a fast, utterly private, encrypted virtual private network for completely secure Internet access on Macs and iOS devices. Ghostery lets you control all the zillions of cookies ads firms install on your Mac, while Little Snitch lets you monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic so you can control your privacy. ![]() If you already use the rapidly improving DuckDuckGofor search (and you should) then you should also look at Little Snitch and Ghostery. You will be glad you got iFax each time you need to send or receive a fax. Use Apple’s Time Machine for one back up, but don’t stop there – create a second backup using either Carbon Copy Cloner ($40) or Super Duper! ($27.95) (both of which are excellent), and take a look at Crashplan as additional protection. Losing your images, music and other precious digital things is how almost every Mac user learns why they should back up. Monolingual removes the international language support files installed by default on OS X, reclaiming several hundred megabytes of space. With over a million users, Disk Doctor ($2) is one of the very best disk cleaning utilities with numerous useful features – recommended. If you work and share files with Windows users you should ensure your Mac doesn’t infect the lesser platform. Mac users aren’t terribly impacted by viruses, but we can still pass them on. To help yourself use f.lux, which matches the color of your display to the time of day, filtering out that blue light at night. There’s a science at work here concerned with the blue light used for displays and its harmful effect on the brain’s sleep centers. We stare at our computers at work and at home, we use iPhones and iPads and then find we can’t get to sleep at night. Cleaner will also clean the disk and check for large files. Both will optimize your RAM to maximize available memory, while Dr. Noticed how some applications consume so much RAM your Mac moves like a geriatric possum? One way to fix this is to relaunch the memory-consuming app, the other is to use Memory Clean or Dr. DiskWarrior is an insanely powerful recovery solution, but for basic file recovery all three work, including recovery of data from external drives. When things go wrong and you accidentally delete data or your hard drive fails then you’ll need Disk Drill, Data Rescue or DiskWarrior ( $119). ![]()
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