While I agree that the term "desktop rebuild" is misleading, I don't understand why there is so much anger about the implication that OS X may occasionally need some maintenance. Yes, *NIX has been around for a long time, but the AQUA GUI hasn't, and the blend of MacOS functions and *NIX has not. For the record, I think OS X is the best OS out there, and I find it a joy to use. But after recently restoring files during some trouble with file corruption on my drive (faulty drive) I've had wierd problems with the default application being permanently set wrong on various document types, and assorted other strange behavior, apps not opening, strange system lag, etc, which fsck and Disk Utility did nothing to fix. This app fixed the problems in about 3 seconds, AND sped up my machine's boot process. I have no doubt that my problems were caused by some corruption to the files this app removed, as my machine is back in proper OS X shape.
Thank you for developing this app, and for posting a list of the shell commands it runs. I had no idea those files controlled so much of my GUI. So, 5 stars for doing what it says it does. Seems bloated for an app that just runs a few shell commands, but I can't argue with success.
RebuildDesktopX
Rebuilds the desktop data in OSX
Version: 1.0
This worked nicely. Thanks to the dev!
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Contributed by: scottig Monday, August 25 2003 @ 09:44 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
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