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Posted on Dec 4, 2005 11:10 AM

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Dec 4, 2005 5:51 PM in response to Marco Meneses 11

Hi Marco,

No I wouldn't run it more more then once a month or so or before updating. Here a link to my previous post about OS X Maintenance/Cron Jobs. I posted it to start a discussion about maintenance so everyone could be informed.

I hope that helps,
Jon

PS Please mark this thread as answered if it has been, it will let everyone know that it has.

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