Existing users, 
I could never trust a tool that puts up a dialog box "where is <application> when the requested app is staring us in the face in the very same dialog box, below the question.
Even more so when all of my apps are on a separate partition so it wants to query me about all of them. I have 121 GB of apps! I am not going to waste several hours telling this dumb utility where each and every one of my apps is, when it already knows, else why would it list them in a dialog box?
Also, it seems very suspicious to me that several posters reported that version 1.9.7 is fatally-flawed yet one guy praises it to the heavens. Could he be the author in disguise?
Tools that claim to do work in the bowels of the system should run perfectly or should be deleted immediately.
Delete.
OnyX
Maintenance, optimization and system personalization tool.
Version: 2.1.1
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Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: grh-akl Saturday, September 20 2008 @ 05:38 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
Suspicious! - Titanium06
But if they can't spell correctly, it naturally makes you worry about their coding ability as well...Sorry if I don't speak english very well!!
What's your problem??
Sunday, September 21 2008 @ 10:26 AM PDT
Suspicious! - Akin Hobbs
Yes--suspicious indeed! And I have had problems with the last couple of updates to the point where I actually decided to uninstall ONYX and just use my OS X install disks to get my MBP back on track. I had even kept using ONYX despite typos throughout the interface in the latest releases. But if they can't spell correctly, it naturally makes you worry about their coding ability as well (as a subset of their attention to detail). This was a once-great app that I hope will be returned to its former glory in the 2.0 release.Saturday, September 20 2008 @ 12:56 PM PDT
Suspicious! - Titanium06
You know "Bug report"?? What's your problem exactly??...and sorry for my bad english.
Sunday, September 21 2008 @ 10:29 AM PDT
Suspicious! - geopick
Indeed...The developer can't fix something if there is no report.
Also, Onyx is free. I suggest converting to shareware, charging ~US$15 and making this product even more competitive with those costing 5x this amount.
Wednesday, September 24 2008 @ 09:28 AM PDT
Suspicious! - MacUser-4-ever
grh-akl,In OS X, your Applications folder is not supposed to be on a separate partition. If you have 121 GB of apps, I'm surprised you don't have a lot more problems. Many apps won't run like that...many *Apple* apps won't run like that. It's a bad idea to hack around this.
No you can blame Apple for this, or realize that putting all of your apps where they belong is not a big deal, but it's not fair to criticize this app for your failure to use your Mac as Apple intended.
A 3rd party app will know what apps you have because their support files will still be in your root and/or user library. However, when it goes to find them, it won't be able to find them in your Applications folder, because you've hidden them in a way you weren't supposed to (again, if this bothers you blame Apple).
Furthermore, it should be pointed out that Onyx is running built-in scripts in OS X. If scripts are having problems when initiated by Onyx (such as finding apps), you can be sure they're having problems when activated via cron.
You've written a bad review.
Anyone who hasn't foolishly moved all of their apps to a new partition isn't going to experience the same problem as you.
"it seems very suspicious to me that several posters reported that version 1.9.7 is fatally-flawed yet one guy praises it to the heavens. Could he be the author in disguise?"
One brief version had a minor bug where it would not quit automatically. A handful of people posted about it here, but with 1,238,913 downloads from this site alone, this app is still getting 4.5 out of 5 rating. I highly doubt the praise came from the developer.
Wednesday, September 24 2008 @ 02:49 PM PDT
Suspicious! - pascal25--2008
I'm a prof Mac consultant and I've been using Onyx from day one on thousands of Apple systems . I've never had problem with this app. As for the typos, the developer is making an effort to make this FREE app available to as many people as possible. You should respect and appreciate that and help him/her to correct these typos instead of blaming him/her for that.Apps on a separate partition…you're asking for trouble !
If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it !
Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 01:58 AM PDT
Suspicious! - JJJ @ versiontracker
This post proofs that we live in a time with lots of jerks around.Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 04:36 AM PDT
Suspicious! - pgagnaux1
How can you have 120Go of apps????Are you sure you are on a mac and not on windows;-)
Titanium makes a super job and if you make things who are not mac-compatible than have apps in another place than in the original folder, you do to have a lot of bugs only for that reason.
Good job Titanium and don't worry about that post.
Sunday, November 30 2008 @ 03:32 AM PST
Suspicious! - Akin Hobbs
Yes--suspicious indeed! And I have had problems with the last couple of updates to the point where I actually decided to uninstall ONYX and just use my OS X install disks to get my MBP back on track. I had even kept using ONYX despite typos throughout the interface in the latest releases. But if they can't spell correctly, it naturally makes you worry about their coding ability as well (as a subset of their attention to detail). This was a once-great app that I hope will be returned to its former glory in the 2.0 release.Reply to This
Saturday, September 20 2008 @ 12:56 PM PDT