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MOX Optimize - 2.0

Accelerates OS X, configure many hidden settings

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All Time:	(3.3)
Version 2.0:	(3.3)
Selected Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2002-09-29
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 2.0):	4,652
Downloads (all versions):	67,656
Price:	$19.99

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Product Description:

MOX Optimize is an application that allows you with some simple clicks to accelerate Mac OS X. With a simple GUI, tweak your system settings and configure many hidden system options. Easily use powerful UNIX commands to optimize your system without having to learn them. Automatic startup optimization and scheduler for regular cleaning jobs.

What's new in this version:

Easy to use: intuitive interface
Total compatibility with Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2)
Scheduler for regularly needed tasks
Rewrote more than 80 % of the code to optimize execution speed
Multi threaded startup: much smaller delay at startup: up to 4 times faster than MOX 1
Many other changes (visit our website for more details)

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2.1 or earlier

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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.