I would say that despite the fact that this script is "obsolete", and superseded by the recovery partition in Lion and above, it is still a very useful tool to keep in your Mac troubleshooting and maintenance arsenal. It simply fails to start, but then AppleJack continues to operate as normal, including in auto/AUTO mode, going on to the next task. Repairing permissions, and this does not in any way put your system at any risk. Execution of additional special functions, including memory testing via memtest, is working fine.ġ. Automatic execution via both the regular "auto" and deep clean "AUTO" parameter is working fine.Ħ. Clearing of the system swap file, including deletion of the safe sleep image on laptops and desktops that have hibernation enabled is working fine.ĥ. Validation of plist files both system-wide and per-user is working fine.Ĥ. Clearing of caches both system-wide and per-user is working fine.ģ. All you need to do is restart in Single User Mode (SUM), by holding down the command and s keys at startup, and then typing applejack, or applejack auto (which will run through all the tasks automatically), or applejack auto restart (which will also restart the computer automatically at the end of the process)ĪppleJack continues to work under OS X 10.9 (Mavericks):ġ. The important thing is that you don't need another startup disk with you. In most cases, these operations can help get your machine back on track.
Using AppleJack, you can repair your disk, repair permissions, validate the system's preference files, and get rid of possibly corrupted cache files. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. I would not recommend it being used on any systems after Mountain Lion.ĪppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X.
Developer's note: AppleJack is no longer supported and has not been developed or supported for years and years.
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