User:Urashimataro/onyx (software)

OnyX (with a capital X) is a freeware multifunction utility for the Apple Macintosh (OS X only) developed by Titanium Software's Joël Barriere which is, according to magazine MacUser, among the best utilities available for that platform, partly because of its extensive help files. The program to do its job uses OS X's standard Unix utilities, allowing their control through a graphical user interface instead of through Terminal's command line.

OnyX for Leopard Features
For security reasons, OnyX main window can be opened only providing the administrator's password. The program then shows 8 icons, corresponding to 7 tabs (the first tab simply closes the other tabs). The tabs are:

Verify The Verification tab allows checking the S.M.A.R.T status of a S.A.T.A. startup disk and the integrity of its structure.

Maintenance The maintenance Cleaning Utilities Automation Parameters Log

Onyx Versions
Onyx comes in versions specific to each version of Mac OS X and not backward-compatible. The program will not work correctly if used with an OS it wasn't designed for.

OnyX 1.3.1 for Mac OS X 10.5 Panther OnyX 1.5.3 for Mac OS X 10.5 Jaguar, OnyX 1.8.5 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger OnyX 1.9.0 for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Only the last two versions (1.8.5 and 1.9.0) are still actively maintained.

Other Applications by Titanium Software
Maintenance 1.1.7 for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Deeper 1.1.0 for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)