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MOX Optimize - 1.7

Configure hidden options & accelerate OS X

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All Time:	(3.3)
Version 1.7:	(3.5)
Selected Version:	1.7
Release Date:	2002-02-17
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.7):	35
Downloads (all versions):	67,655
Price:	$19.99

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Product Description:

Tweak your Mac Os X experience and User Interface to get major speed boosts and a productivity increase. This apps allows you with some simple clicks to configure some hidden mac OS X options and get an overall increase in performance. Save disk space, manage your startup items, customize your dock and finder, accelerate the look and feel of Mac OS X are some features available in MOX optimize.

What's new in this version:

window buffer compression engine (available from the Application menu, next to the blue apple menu) which allows you to save RAM and increase speed
fine tuning of the finder/dock/windowserver acceleration.
Memory info Window like in OS 9 (about this macintosh...) Very useful to see if you need more ram.
Appearance and dock pane put together to gain some place for future features.
startup settings window re arranged: it�s smaller, easier to understand, and you can now decided whether or not - MOX optimize will quit after optimization
Some descriptions in the startupitems added/corrected
MOX feels snappier when launching and opening windows. It was loading everything at startup before but now it will dynamically launch what it needs
mouse turbo boost maximum increased to 550%

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

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WHY PAY $$$ - FreeWare alternatives exist and most work better... - Version: 2.1.2, 4/8/2005 07:56AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

Girls_Rule

This product is shareware and wants $$$ to continue to allow you to alter the preference files on your system. (Oddly enough, the author seems to have pirated someone else's icon. See other comment in this thread.) You could of course, just alter those preference files yourself (with programs such as TextEdit, HexEdit, Plist Editor Pro etc.) or you could use other FREEWARE software to change the settings. Here are some listed on VersionTracker right now.

Tweaker 1.1 FREEWARE - simple tool to change a few hidden OS X options
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12983

MisFox 1.2.1 FREEWARE - (Missing Internet Settings for X) gui for hidden net settings
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18530

FinderConfig FREEWARE - enable some hidden features in 10.3 Finder & Dock
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21309

LoginWindow Manager 1.1 FREEWARE - manage hidden login window features
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18752

xDock 2.1.2 FREEWARE - alter hidden Dock properties
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19675

ShowAll 1.0.1 FREEWARE - tool to reveal all hidden files and folders in the Finder
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12980

NoZoom 1.1 FREEWARE - Disables/enables Finder window zooming in Jaguar
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16059

HideShow Hidden Files 1.0 FREEWARE - shows or hides the hidden files in Finder
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26064

sterMachinelite 1.5 FREEWARE - Shows hidden Finder files
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24998

Good but not perfect - Version: 2.1.2, 7/19/2004 05:57PM PST

Mikolin

There is still some things this program can do that no other can.
The interface is not very good, even though there are a lot of features. The FAQ contains a lot of useful information as do the help tips
I like it because it stays in the background and is configure once run alone type of program.
However, updates could be done for an improved interface and other small tweaks.
The acceleration seems to work although I cannot measure it.
Keep up the good work!

Mikolin, ibook 500 and dual 800 G4
ipod 30 Gb
DVD recorder

What MOX Optimize can do - Version: 2.1.2, 2/1/2004 01:52AM PST

John Sawyer

...that most of the fine other utilities mentioned here (OnyX, Xupport, Cocktail, etc.), is to provide a convenient way of disabling extensions, sort of like OS 9's Extensions Manager. So what if the interface looks ugly? Still works.