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Now, users can update their prebinding, rebuild the 'whatis' database, force empty the trash, run 'cron', repair disk permissions, and much more.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
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With Maintain's general-purpose utility, users can also customize the look and feel of Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, etc.
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The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on.
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What it is is just a no-frills free GUI wrapper for the Unix "whatis" command, which tries to find a one-line description of a command if one is available.
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They can increase computer performance, update the prebinding, rebuild the "whatis" database, force empty the trash, run "cron", repair disk permissions and more, all by using this one application compatible with OS X Tiger and both PPC & Intel Macs.
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Many Leopard users will be surprised to find that they are not there - that they do not even exist. or are very much out of date, along with some indices, such as the 'whatis' database, which is run from the weekly script, AIR.
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The general purpose utility for Mac OS X Leopard also makes it easy to prebind and re-prebind your entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis", locate databases, and so on.
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I was woundering whatis the best scope for a 30-6 pump action and a 22 semi-auto?
Scopes 2009
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Here is a man who does not possess a uterus so cannot possibly bear a child deciding for more than 53 percent of the American population (women, if you don't know) whatis best for us.
CNN Exclusive: Nelson answers his critics on health care reform 2009
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Should the Administration indulge that by allowing this one group the ability to pose “substantial disruptions” while the other group cannot practice whatis called “pure speech” in Tinker.
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