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1. ClearAll To enable Spotlight on a volume check the box next to its name You can index all or none with the appropriate buttons You may index specific folders by clicking the Index Folder button This may be useful to index hidden files and folders that otherwise would not get indexed for example files on an iPod To clear Spotlight metadata for specific volumes select them in the list and click the Clear Volume button The Clear All button will delete all of your system s Spotlight metadata You may also accomplish this at any time by selecting Rebuild Spotlight Metadata from the Maintain menu If you wish you may disable Spotlight completely by selecting Disable Spotlight from the Special menu Advanced Features Viewing Installer Receipts El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers the ability to view Installer Receipts This is a useful tool for determining what files have been installed where by installation packages Select View Installer Receipts from the Clean menu 00 Receipt BOM Viewer private var db receipts com apple pkg DeveloperToolsCLI bom Library Receipt Files Library Developer Library Developer Acknowledgments rtf _ Library Perl com apple pkg DeveloperT Library Perl S 10 Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Reveal Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Base pm ae Library2. Tune for Dialup Optimizes internet settings for a dialup PPP connection Should be run whenever a PPP connection is established Restore Defaults Returns internet settings to their default State Internet Speed Test Measure the download speed of your internet connection Optimize lookupd Tunes and improves performance of the lookupd daemon Restore lookupd Restores lookupd daemon settings to their defaults Flush DirectoryServices lookupd cache Purges DNS caches and restarts the DirectoryServices lookupd daemon Restart DirectoryService lookupd Restarts the DirectoryServices lookupd daemon Unload Apple Push Service Daemon Stops the push service daemon and kills its internet connection Load Apple Push Service Daemon Starts the push service daemon and opens its internet connection Unload Help Daemon Stops the help center daemon and kills its internet connection Load Help Daemon Starts the help center daemon and opens its internet connection Renew DHCP Lease Manually request DHCP lease update Clean Internet Caches Clears all available web browser caches Optimize Safari Improve Safari performance by deleting the icon cache and adjusting the rendering delay Restore Safari Resets Safari rendering delay to default value EICC Menus System Optimize Free Memory Defragments free memory and moves Inactive memory back to Free memory Optimize File Cache Opti
3. Cache Cleaning Create El Capitan USB Installer Eject All Optical Media HE These tools allow you to clear out system and user caches Light Cleaning includes LaunchServices caches Medium includes Font caches and Deep Cleaning allows you to clean out all caches Trash Help A restart may be required This step is a troubleshooting solution and not a maintenance routine See Users Manual for more information Be sure to have an active internet connection when installing ClamAV or updating the virus definitions When successful the antivirus related features of EICC will become available for use Choosing Virus Scan Users Folder from the Disinfect menu will launch the virus scanner and scan and clean all the Users folders Choosing Virus Scan Download Folder from the Disinfect menu will launch the virus scanner and scan and clean the Desktop and download folders as specified in the Internet Preferences This can be particularly handy when used with EICC s documents or Automatic maintenance The EICC Engine can be configured to automatically scan downloaded files via the Safe Folder feature Remember you must have the ClamAV virus scanner installed in order to use this feature Should ClamAV find an infected file it will move the file to the trash When ClamAV scans an email related file 1t may identify a phishing or scam type email as infected If this happens it may move the file to the tr
4. Dock This setting is persistent across restarts Restart Dashboard Reenables the Dashboard components of the Dock Enable Secret Preference Panes Installs the DiskImages prefPane and Archives prefPane into Library PreferencePanes Customize OS X Opens the OS X Customization window EICC Menus Special Open Application as Root If possible launch application with root privileges Sandbox Application Launch application in a secure application environment Code Signature Inspector Displays code signature status of applications and running processes Man Pages Opens a simple man page viewer Do Shell Command Executes any shell command with root privileges Screenshot Helper Creates a large white backdrop to aid with taking screenshots Automatic Operation Opens the Automatic Operation window for configuring automatic maintenance Lock Screen Locks screen requiring login window to unlock Users remained logged in and process remain running Disable Facetime Camera Disable Enable Facetime HD or iSight camera Using the EICC Global Menu EICC includes a global menu in the menu bar which allows easy access to select maintenance routines This menu is activated via the Automatic Maintenance procedure described above Check the Enable EICC Engine Menu to enable this feature This menu is available to you at any time from any program Simply select the options you wish to run from t
5. Technical Support If you have any problems or questions about El Capitan Cache Cleaner or any other Northern Softworks products we want to hear from you You may visit our website at lt http www northernsoftworks com gt or you may email us at lt mailto info northernsoftworks com gt Legal Stuff El Capitan Cache Cleaner is licensed to you as shareware It is not public domain and it is not freeware Upon registration you may use the software for noncommercial personal use in your home EICC is distributed only from the Northern Softworks website It may not be distributed in any form without prior permission of Northern Softworks EICC comes with NO WARRANTIES either expressed or implied EICC comes AS IS with no warranty of merchantability or suitablity for any particular purpose EICC should not be used in mission critical installations such as nuclear power plants navigational systems aviation systems medical facilities etc As with any software that deletes things a current backup is prudent Mace in Alaska
6. memory can take significant time If you like you can cancel the process Advanced Features Processes Processes Process Name Show dan mimssimei mise Select a process from this list You can update the contents at any time by clicking the Refresh Hide button Wiig reer AA EEEa Suspend sharingd com apple dock extra com apple internetaccounts Spotlight Resume HP Device Monitor Quit CoreServicesUlAgent 1PasswordAgent Kill Wi Fi UTC Clock Relaunch Lights Out ClipDoubler Appriority Refresh El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers a convenient Process manager which is accessed by selecting Processes from the System menu It is for the most part self explanatory In addition to hiding showing and quitting processes you have the option to suspend and resume execution of selected processes Suspended processes get no CPU time and no execution or user interaction will take place until the process is resumed Be aware that killing or suspending some processes may cause unpredictable behavior Advanced Features Managing Spotlight El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers the ability to control OS X s Spotlight technology With EICC s Spotlight manager you can rebuild Spotlight s metadata and turn indexing for individual volumes on and off 060 Spotlight Manager M Macintosh HD Index All O lon Drive 40GB _ M Downloads Index None Index Folder Clear Volume
7. w Macintosh HD Select All IM Download Disk tecnica Select None This window will display all HFS volumes that are capable of supporting file system journaling Check any volumes in the list to enable journaling for that volume Close the window to save your changes Advanced Features Internet Settings El Capitan Cache Cleaner can adjust your internet settings to optimize online performance To do this just select your desired option from the Internet menu Select Restore Defaults to undo these changes You may also renew your DHCP lease by selecting the appropriate option EICC can clean the caches of many popular browsers including the Safari icon cache Simply select Clean Internet Caches from the Internet menu EICC has the ability to optimize Safari by deleting the icon cache and adjusting the rendering delay Simply select the appropriate option from the Internet menu EICC gives you the ability to optimize and reset the lookupd daemon Select the appropriate options from the Internet menu Advanced Features Ram Disk El Capitan Cache Cleaner allows you to create one or more Ram Disks These function just like high speed regular disk drives To access the Ram Disk features select Create Ram Disk from the File menu El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Ram Disk Size of Ram Disk MB Volume Name EICC Ram Disk Q Fs MS DOS Save Cancel You may enter the name and size of your Ram D
8. Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Client pm Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Core pm GetInfo Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Delta pm aa epee fLibrary Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Fs pm Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Ra pm Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN Repos pm Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level SVN We pm Installed Files Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Client Reveal Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Client _Client bundle ap pon casero Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Core Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Core _Core bundle Get Info Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Delta a aia Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Delta _Delta_ bundle Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Fs Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Fs _Fs bundle Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Ra Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Ra _Ra bundle Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Repos Library Perl S 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Repos _Repos bundle Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto
9. SVN _Wc Library Perl 5 10 darwin thread multi 2level auto SVN _Wc _Wc bundle Use the popup menu to select a package to view All of the files it installed will be listed You can use the Reveal and Get Info buttons to work with the Receipts and files in the Finder While the Receipt Viewer can be a valuable housekeeping tool please exercise caution removing package receipts and installed files as system difficulties could result Advanced Features Using the application sandbox El Capitan Cache Cleaner gives you the ability to run applications in a very secure environment or application sandbox This is a great way to test untrusted software while minimizing the risk of harm to your system Sandbox The application sandbox allows applications to be run in very secure conditions You may choose whether to allow the application to access the network and you may choose whether the application can write files File writing is strictly limited to your local home directory Not all applications may run in such stringent conditions All application activity is written to the Console log Preparing to sandbox application Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner in userspace Guest _ Allow File Write access _ Allow Network Access _ _ EICC Menus Not all menu items are available in all versions of the operating system EICC Menus El Capitan Cache Cleaner About El Capitan Cache Cleaner Displays information abou
10. Tune for Low Speed Run Maintenance Scripts Tune for Tethering Virus Scan Home folders Renew DHCP Lease Optimize Free Memory Clean Internet Caches Kill Help Daemon Kill Apple Push Service Daemon Kill Notification Center Restart Dock Restart Finder Optimize File Cache Cancel You may select as many options as you wish These will automatically be performed each time this EICC Document is launched To save your document click the Save button Enter a password and give your file a name You may place this file anywhere you wish You may have as many commands run by your document as you wish and you may create as many documents as you like Advanced Features Customizing OS X El Capitan Cache Cleaner can activate some hidden options of the Dock Finder Safari and the OS To activate this feature select Customize from the System menu ee Dock Enable Single Application Mode Disable Bouncing Dock Icons Enable Dock Transparency Finder Animate Window Zooming Show Invisible Files Make Library folder visible Disable file extension change warning Safari Add Debug Develop Menu Disable RSS Feeds Disable DNS Prefetching Power Management Enable Safe Sleep Wake machine when lid is opened Disable App Nap General Screenshot Format png Show System Info at Login Disable Automatic Application Termination Disable Auto Save and Versions Enable App Store Debug Menu Cancel Customize OS X Show Hidden Applica
11. C 4556 AFQ 8 8C714BCAACAB Unencrypted Trash 9 Help Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree iused Mounted on z dev disk1 233Gi 2 8Gi 25Gi 90 54465733 6513081 89 devfs 182Ki 182Ki Bi 102 628 100 dev map hosts Q Bi Bi Bi 102 100 net map auto_home Bi Bi Bi 100 100 home Mach Virtual Memory Statistics page size of 4096 bytes Removing El Capitan Cache Cleaner Since El Capitan Cache Cleaner is an application removal is simple However you must disable Automatic Operation If the application demo has expired Automatic Operation will be disabled for you Once Automatic Operation has been disabled simply drag EICC to the Trash If you have installed the EICC Single User Mode script you may wish to remove it via the File menu in EICC If you wish to be thorough you may also delete the EICC Preference files Configuring EICC Portable If you wish you can install EICC on to a flash drive iPod or other portable disk drive device This will allow you to use your registered copy of EICC on other compatible computers You may do this by selecting Create EICC Portable from the File menu In the resulting dialog select a volume to save to You will now be able to run EICC off that drive on any machine without having to enter registration information This feature is only available to registered users Limitations Not all functions and features will be available
12. Defragments free memory and moves Inactive memory back to Free memory Hide Desktop Hides all of the icons on the Desktop and restarts the Finder Show Desktop Shows all of the icons on the Desktop and restarts the Finder Lock Screen Locks screen requiring login window to unlock Users remained logged in and process remain running Remove this Menu Removes the EICC menu from the menu bar The EICC Engine will remain active Pause EICC Engine Temporarily suspend the EICC Engine Launch El Capitan Cache Cleaner Launches El Capitan Cache Cleaner EICC and Single User Mode EICC includes a special script which can be run while booted in OS X s Single User mode This script will check and repair the boot volume clean caches and repair permissions Upon completion it will reboot your machine normally To install this script select Install EICC Single User Mode Script from the File menu To use this script you must first boot into Single User mode by restarting and holding the command and s keys At the command line prompt type usr local EICC to execute the script To remove the script select Remove EICC Single User Mode Script from the File Menu The EICC Single User Mode Script should only be used when booted in Single User mode Do not use it from within the Terminal application Uninstalling EICC Since E Capitan Cache Cleaner is an application uninstallation is simple Ho
13. El Capitan Cache Cleaner Mac OS X Maintenance Software 2002 2015 by Northern Softworks All rights reserved Introduction El Capitan Cache Cleaner EICC is a utility designed to provide easy access to numerous OS X maintenance and utility options When used in combination with OS X s disk repair tools it can be very effective in curing many system problems El Capitan Cache Cleaner helps simplify system maintenance chores with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions EICC Documents and the EICC Engine can help maintain system health by providing set and forget automation of common maintenance chores Used as directed El Capitan Cache Cleaner can be a powerful tool to keep OS X running smoothly System Requirements El Capitan Cache Cleaner requires Mac OS X 10 4 through 10 11 Installation El Capitan Cache Cleaner EICC has no extensions or control panels to install so it is very system friendly Installation is simple EICC is distributed on a OS X disk image which can be opened with Disk Utility by simply double clicking the dmg file in the Finder El Capitan Cache Cleaner is an intel only application optimized for OS X 10 7 or higher and is recommended for most users If needed the Legacy edition is a universal binary compiled to run on intel or ppc hardware running OS X 10 4 or higher It is available to users who have a specific need to run El Capitan Cache Cleaner on older systems El Capitan C
14. Engine has the option to keep all of the Finder Windows properly updated To activate the EICC Engine select Preferences from the El Capitan Cache Cleaner menu 9 Automatic Operation Perform every 30 Days Repair Disk Permissions Enable EICC Engine Menu Update Application Prebindings Update Locate Database Run Maintenance Scripts Prioritize Applications Clean System Log Archives Caps Lock Disables Sleep Renew DHCP Lease Save Clipboard at Restart Clean Internet Caches Keep Finder Windows Updated Enable Virus Safe Folders Do Shell Command Scan Home folder for Viruses 4 Update Virus Definitions Select as many options as you wish and set your maintenance interval Click the Enable button and enter a password Click the Disable button to turn this feature off Bear in mind that Automatic Maintenance runs the EICC Engine in the background The EICC Engine runs with elevated privileges For high security systems Automatic Maintenance should probably be left off Advanced Features EICC Documents El Capitan Cache Cleaner allows you to create one or more EICC Documents These documents can be launched from the Finder and allow for automation of a number of EICC s features They are well suited for use in your Login Items To create a EICC Document select New EICC Document from the File menu ee Create EICC Document Maintenance Internet Rebuild Application Prebindings Tune for High Speed Repair Disk Permissions
15. When the imaging process is complete you may insert a CD or DVD and click Burn to finish your new disk You may repeat the Burn process to make as many copies as you like Advanced Features Creating a Lion Installer DVD EICC can be used to create a bootable Lion installer disk from the Lion installer application that you downloaded from the Mac App Store This disk will boot any supported machines and install Lion regardless of existing version of OS X if any To get started select Create Lion Installer DVD from the File menu Lion DVD Creator 7 Source Applications Install OS X 10 10 Develope Select Status Idle Burn Click the Select button and choose the Lion Installer application in the resulting dialog Type a name for your disk in the Disk Name field When ready click Burn to finish your new disk You may repeat the Burn process to make as many copies as you like Advanced Features Creating a El Capitan USB Installer EICC can be used to create a bootable OS X usb thumb drive installer from the OS X installer application that you downloaded from the Mac App Store This drive will boot any supported machines and install OS X regardless of existing version of OS X if any To get started select OS X USB Installer from the File menu El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain 9 OS X USB Installer Creator Source Applications Install OS X Yosemite app Selec
16. ache Cleaner 10 0 6 items SE So KA oO x a wv lt For OS X 10 7 or higher Drag app icon an to Applications G folder to install PDF Applications EICC Quick Start Made in Alaska lt For OS X 10 4 or higher El Capitan Cache Cleaner Legacy El Capitan Cache Cleaner 10 0 We recommend keeping El Capitan Cache Cleaner in your Applications folder however you may drag it anywhere on your hard drive s that you like To get full use of EICC s capabilities we recommend installing the Single User Mode Script and the ClamAV package These items are available in EICC s File menu El Capitan Cache Cleaner W4 C Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help a eee New EICC Document N Open 0 ea System Info Open EICC Log Open EICC Engine Log Login and Startup Install All EICC Components Remove All EICC Components 12 everyone 61 localaccounts Install Clam Antivirus A Remove Clam Antivirus Maintenance Install EICC Single User Mode Script Optimize Create RAM Disk Create Portable EICC Create Emergency Disk SIZE IDENTIFIER A Create Lion DVD de ee ay Cache Cleaning Create El Capitan USB Installer 209 7 MB disk s1 250 1 GB disk s2 Eject All Optical Media CSE 650 0 MB disk s3 TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 249 8 GB diski Logical Volume on disk s2 CC78 49E 623
17. ash It is ok to move it back to its original location if you wish Deleting phishing emails will solve this problem Antivirus protection is only strong if you keep it current Make use of the Update Virus Definitions option in the Disinfect menu on at least a monthly basis ClamAV s virus definitions are among the most up to date in the industry and are often updated daily Be sure to be as current as you can EICC can automatically update the virus definitions for you on a daily basis Simply check the appropriate option in EICC s preferences Finally please remember that virus scanning large folders and files can be very time consuming It is not unusual for the scanning process to take hours or days Remember you can cancel the operation at any time by typing the command period keys EICC also ships with a version of chkrootkit This tool will check your system for possible rootkits and generate a report of what it finds Select Check for Rootkits from the Disinfect menu Advanced Features Automatic Operation El Capitan Cache Cleaner allows you to automatically run maintenance chores at defined intervals This ensures that your system is kept healthy without any effort on your part The EICC Engine also offers the ability to boost the priority of the frontmost application This is done on the fly for you as you switch between applications You may also choose to disable system sleep with the Caps Lock key The EICC
18. he menu b p 100 E Mon 10 4 Repair Permissions Run Maintenance Scripts Clean Internet Caches Rebuild Spotlight Metadata Force Empty Trash i Virus Scan File Virus Scan Home Folder Virus Scan Safe Folders Update Virus Definitions Open Keyboard Viewer Open Password Assistant Open Terminal Optimize Free RAM Hide Desktop Show Desktop Lock Screen Remove this Menu Pause YCC Engine Launch Yosemite Cache Cleaner Repair Permissions Repairs permissions on your disks Includes permissions repair for clamav and some other tools If using EICC regularly permissions repair is best done from within EICC Run Maintenance Scripts Runs the Daily Weekly and Monthly maintenance scripts Clean Internet Caches Clears all available web browser caches Rebuild Spotlight Metadata Rebuilds Spotlight data on connected disks Force Empty Trash Empty the trash with root privileges Virus Scan File Opens a file selection dialog and scans the selected file for viruses If infected it is moved to the trash Virus Scan Safe Folders Scans your Download and Desktop folders for viruses Infected files are moved to the trash Update Virus Definitions Download and installs the latest ClamAV virus defintions An internet connection is required Open Keyboard Viewer Opens the Keyboard Viewer application Open Password Assistant Opens the OS X Password Assistant Optimize Free RAM
19. ions repair is best done from within EICC Repair Home Folder Permissions Repairs permissions on the items in your Home folder Repair Home Folder ACL Repairs Access Control List settings on the items in your Home folder Cron Scripts Runs the Daily Weekly and or the Monthly maintenance scripts Update Prebindings Manually update application prebindings Rebuild LS Database Rebuilds the Launch Services database on the root drive Rebuild Services Menu Rebuilds the contents of the Services menu Rebuild Spotlight Metadata Rebuilds Spotlight data on connected disks Update Locate Database Updates the locate database for all mounted volumes Repair OS X Symbolic Links Checks and repairs the OS X symbolic links on the root drive Optimize Files Uses OS X file defragmentation system to optimize files Files smaller than 20 MB containing 8 or more fragments will be defragmented Speed Test Launch the OpenSSL speed benchmark utility Pixel Test Tests the video screen for bad pixels SMART Status Tests and reports the SMART status of connected hard drives Battery Reports charge state and battery health of laptops RAM Test Opens the Ram Test window and allows testing of free RAM EICC Menus Internet Tune for Broadband Optimizes internet settings for a broadband connection Tune for Narrowband Optimizes internet settings for a narrowband or shared internet connection
20. isk in the appropriate fields Select the file system you desire by clicking the appropriate radio button You may save your Ram Disk to a file by selecting Save from the File menu Otherwise click the Create button to mount your new Ram Disk If you saved this disk to a file you may remount it at any time by using Open from EICC s File menu or double clicking the file in the Finder Remember that Ram Disks offer only temporary storage Do not use a Ram Disk to permanently store important files or data Advanced Features RAM Testing El Capitan Cache Cleaner includes a special build of memtest which can run tests on your available RAM You can access it by selecting RAM Test from the Maintain menu aan Ram Test 306 MB 321175552 bytes Available i RAM amount to Test MB 306 Test Cycles 1 255 1 Cancel Test TL ae r EN J Test sequence 1 of 1 T Stuck Address z ok Random Value ok Compare XOR ok Compare SUB ok Compare MUL ok Compare DIV ok Compare OR ok iL Compare AND ok Sequential Increment ok i Solid Bits At any time you may test available free ram The amount available to test will vary with system usage with the largest amount available immediately after a system restart You have the option of specifying the amount of memory to test and the number of times you would like to test it Enter your desired values and click the test button Testing large amounts of
21. ize El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help 9 El Capitan Cache Cleaner ka System Info Internet Tune for High Speed Tune for Low Speed Login and Startup Tune for Tethering Tune for Dialup Restore Defaults Maintenance System a Optimize Files Optimize lt Optimize RAM N i ly Cache Cleaning File Cache Optimize File Cache Restore File Cache Trash Help These tools can help optimize your system performance You can automate this process with EICC documents No permanent changes are made and your system is restored to normal at each restart El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers some optimization features which may help improve the speed of your system and internet connection They are accessed by clicking the Optimize tab on the EICC window You may optimize your internet settings for best performance on the type of connection you have EICC can optimize the maxvnodes setting effectively enlarging the file cache and possibly improving performance To do so select Optimize File Cache EICC can also make use of OS X s built in file defragmenting system To do so select Optimize Files Click the Run button to perform your desired tasks Select Optimize RAM to defragment free memory and move Inactive memory back to Free memory You may undo the changes you have made by selecting the appropriate Restore option and clicking the Run button Operati
22. l Media Forces all dvd or cd drives to eject their contents EICC Menus Clean Delete DS Store File Opens a folder selection dialog and removes the DS_ Store file from the selected folder dot_clean Folder Opens a folder selection dialog and runs the dot_clean command on the selected folder Force Delete File Opens a file selection dialog and uses elevated privileges to forcibly delete the selected file Force Delete Folder Opens a folder selection dialog and uses elevated privileges to forcibly delete the selected folder and its contents Clean Finder Opens the Finder Cleaning window to allow cleaning Finder preference and window settings Clean Preferences Scans your Preferences folder for corrupt and unused preference files Clean Saved Application States Cleans application resume States Clean Launchpad Database Resets Launchpad database to default state Clean iPod Photo Cache Cleans the iPod Photo Cache out of the iPhoto library Clean Desktop Removes all of the Desktop contents into a new folder Clean Downloads Removes all of the Downloads folder contents into a new folder Clean nib Files Removes unnecessary application nib files Delocalize Opens the Delocalization window and allows for removal of unwanted language files DeFAT Applications Opens a file selection dialog and strips unused application code from the selected Universal Binary application Clean Sys
23. mize the maxvnodes setting effectively enlarging the file cache and possibly improving performance Restore File Cache Resets maxvnodes setting to default value Kill Dock Kills the Dock process and prevents it from running This setting is persistent across restarts Restart Dock Kills and relaunches the Dock returning it to normal operation Kill Finder Kills the Finder and prevents it from running Restart Finder Kills and relaunches the Finder returning it to normal operation Run Finder as Root Relaunches the Finder with root privileges Restart System Daemons Kills and relaunches system service daemons Restart Rosetta Kills the translated daemon Processes Opens the Processes manager window CrashReporter Enable Disable the crashreporter daemon and change its behavior Start Menu Logout all users by Restarting WindowServer Restart the System with UNIX reboot command or Shutdown the System with UNIX halt command ANY UNSAVED CHANGES TO OPEN DOCUMENTS WILL BE LOST File System Journaling Opens the File System Journaling manager window Spotlight Manager Opens the Spotlight Manager window Kill Spotlight Kills the Spotlight process removing it from the menubar This setting is persistent across restarts Restart Spotlight Kills and restarts the Spotlight process returning it to normal operation Kill Dashboard Disables the Dashboard components of the
24. nd window settings will be lost Idle rid af h Cancel Clean The Finder Cleaner window is opened by selecting Clean Finder from the Clean menu It offers two categories of cleaning You may delete the Finder preferences in your home directory by selecting the Clean Finder Preferences box You may also delete the Finder preferences in all users home directories You may also reset Window settings Each folder s window and icon settings are stored in an invisible file named DS_Store Deleting this file will reset a window to its default position and icon arrangement The two Reset Window Settings boxes will delete ALL occurrences of the DS_ Store files on the desired disks You may also choose to delete single DS Store files by selecting Delete DS Store File from the Clean menu In the resulting dialog select a folder You may also accomplish this by dragging and dropping a folder on to the El Capitan Cache Cleaner application icon After performing the desired cleaning options the Finder will be quit and relaunched All of your Finder preferences and Window settings will be purged Advanced Features File System Journaling El Capitan Cache Cleaner allows convenient control of OS X s File System Journaling feature Select FileSystem Journaling from System menu You will be prompted for your password and then be shown the following window Filesystem Journaling
25. ogical Volume on disk s2 CC78049E 623C 4556 AFQ8 8C714BCAACAB Unencrypted Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree iused Mounted on dev disk1 233Gi 2 8Gi 25Gi 90 54466109 6512705 89 devfs 181Ki 181Ki Bi 100 626 dev map hosts Bi Bi Bi 102 net map auto_home Bi Bi Bi 100 home Mach Virtual Memory Statistics page size of 4096 bytes El Capitan Cache Cleaner gives you easy access to several key system statistics This information provides a quick snapshot of your system s operation and can be a handy troubleshooting tool Operation Login Items El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help eee El Capitan Cache Cleaner Cacan System Info Login Items iTunesHelper app Login Items Engine xMCC Document jcc Login and Startup UTC Clock app J _ Lights Out app ClipDoubler Appriority app Maintenance Optimize Use Login Items Folder Launch Agents and Daemons A System Library LaunchAgents org openbsd ssh agent plist j System Library LaunchAgents com apple ZoomWindow plist E Cache Cleaning System Library LaunchAgents com apple xpc otherbsd plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple xpc loginitemregisterd plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple xmigrationhelper user plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple wifi WiFiAgent plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple WebKit PluginAgent plist Trash System Library LaunchAgents com a
26. on Trash El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help eee El Capitan Cache Cleaner lanl System Info Empty Trash Force Empty Trash Login and Startup Force Delete File Force Delete Folder Maintenance Trash Contents All Volumes Optimize 2 Items 1108 0 KiloBytes Cache Cleaning These tools can help you to manage trash You can empty trash on selected volumes or forcibly delete files and folders El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers some handy trash related functions which can be accessed by clicking on the Trash tab In this window you can see how much disk space is used by the trash on each mounted volume You may force empty the trash force delete a file or force delete a folder by selecting the appropriate option Click the Run button to perform your desired task Operation Cache Cleaning Cache cleaning can cure many types of strange system behavior However it should only be done to address specific problems There is absolutely no need or benefit to regularly deleting the system caches If you are experiencing random application crashes difficulty with System Preference settings or internet settings cache cleaning may help you Before using EICC exhaust all of the obvious system repair options You should boot from your original system installation disk and run Disk First Aid You may also need to run the repair permissions If after these ste
27. on and the caches will be deleted and the system will then reboot This may be a BSD reboot command so ANY UNSAVED CHANGES WILL BE LOST Be sure to close all applications before doing your cleaning For the curious Light Cleaning will delete LaunchServices cache data Medium Cleaning deletes LaunchServices and Font cache data and Deep Cleaning deletes all cache data The popup menu allows you to select a disk volume to clean By default your boot volume is selected You may select any mounted volume containing a valid OS X installation Operation Virus Scanning with ClamAV EICC can help protect from viruses by running the ClamAV command line virus scanner EICC ships with a version of ClamAV suitable for your computer Before using the virus scanner you must install it and update the virus definitions from the internet Select Install Clam Antivirus from the file menu Capitan Cache Cleaner W4 C Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help eee New EICC Document 2N Open EICC Log ig Deep Cleaning Open 0 na System Info Open EICC Engine Log Login and Startup Install All EICC Components Remove All EICC Components Install Clam Antivirus amp Remove Clam Antivirus Maintenance Install EICC Single User Mode Script Optimize Create RAM Disk Create Portable EICC Clean Create Emergency Disk A f Create Lion DVD
28. on all versions of the operating system El Capitan Cache Cleaner EICC may issue a BSD reboot command that will unceremoniously restart your machine ANY UNSAVED CHANGES TO OPEN DOCUMENTS WILL BE LOST Be sure to quit open applications and save open documents before using this application Once you clean the caches or the Finder you cannot go back Be sure this is what you wish to do Operation System Info El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help rm aa System Info Login and Startup gt _ lt EA T Maintenance Optimize Cache Cleaning El Capitan Cache Cleaner Login Name jlowrey uid 501 jlowrey gid 2 staff groups 2 staff 12Ceveryone 61CLocalaccounts 100 _lpoperator Home Directory Users jlowrey El Capitan Cache Cleaner Version 10000 Cocoa Last Permissions Repair 8 9 15 3 00 PM Last Cache Cleaning Unknown ELCC Engine is enabled Last maintenance run 8 2 15 1 00 PM Next maintenance run 9 1 15 1 00 PM Facetime HD Camera is enabled ClamAV 98 7 20847 Fri Aug 28 04 36 55 2015 XProtect version 2061 chkrootkit version 49 CPU Temperature 125 F 51 C dev Gisk TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER GUID_partition_scheme 251 0 GB disk EFI EFI 209 7 MB disk s1 7 Apple_CoreStorage 250 1 GB disk s2 3 Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650 0 MB disk s3 dev disk1 TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 249 8 GB diski L
29. ons Run Maintenance Scripts Login and Startup Clean User Log Files Clean System Log Archives amp Maintenance Clean Internet Caches Virus Scan Home Folder Optimize Virus Scan Download Folder A E Cache Cleaning Trash Help These tools allow you to run a battery of routine maintenance and housekeeping tasks Run them as often as you wish You may also automate these tasks in Preferences or with EICC documents El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers some powerful system maintenance features to help keep OS X running smoothly They are readily available by clicking the Maintenance tab on the EICC window You may select as many options as you need Repair Permissions is by far the most important thing you can do feel free to do it often Run Maintenance Scripts will run the housekeeping cron scripts that are supposed to run at night but usually don t Rebuild Prebindings will relink all of your application libraries which after a restart may improve your system performance Clean System Log Archives is a housekeeping task that will reduce the build up of system logs If you have ClamAV installed EICC can also perform some virus scanning After you have selected your desired tasks click the Run button to perform the tasks Remember that all of the above maintenance tasks can be automated and performed at regular intervals See the Automatic Operation and EICC documents sections for details Operation Optim
30. pple webinspectord plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple warmd_agent plist System Library LaunchAgents com apple VoiceOver plist lt gt Help These tools allow you to inspect and manage the items that launch at login and system startup You may activate a Login Items folder in your Home folder Use the buttons to manage these items and to check for orphaned items El Capitan Cache Cleaner offers some handy Login Items management tools To help ensure the fastest possible startup time EICC can scan your login items and clean out duplicate and orphaned entries Click the Clean button to do this and follow the prompts as the cleaning proceeds If you remember the Startup Items folder of the classic Mac OS you can enable this behavior under OS X by checking the Enable Login Items Folder Doing so will create a Login Items folder in your home directory Any documents folders apps aliases etc in this folder will automatically be launched at login time You can remove Login Items by selecting it in the list and clicking the remove button Conversely you can add items by clicking the Add button If you have enabled the Login Items folder items will be added to this folder If not they will be added to your System Preferences Login Items Operation Maintenance ElCapitanCache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help eee El Capitan Cache Cleaner System Info Repair Permissi
31. ps you decide you need to clean your caches then close out all unnecessary applications shutdown classic and log off any extra users EICC may issue a BSD reboot command that will unceremoniously restart your machine ANY UNSAVED CHANGES TO OPEN DOCUMENTS WILL BE LOST El Capitan Cache Cleaner File Edit Clean Disinfect Maintain Internet System Special Help eee El Capitan Cache Cleaner Dal System Info Light Cleaning Medium Cleaning Deep Cleaning Clean Local Cache Login and Startup B Clean System Cache amp Maintenance Clean All Users Caches Macintosh HD Optimize A ly Cache Cleaning These tools allow you to clear out system and user caches Light Cleaning includes LaunchServices caches Medium includes Font caches and Deep Cleaning allows you to clean out all caches Trash Help A restart may be required This step is a troubleshooting solution and not a maintenance routine See Users Manual for more information You have a selection of 3 options You should try the Light or Medium Cleaning options first If you continue to have odd system behavior then try the Deep Cleaning option EICC will clear the caches located in your home directory the caches located in the system directories or the caches in all of your users home directories You may select any or all of them as you see fit Any selections except Clean Local Cache will require an administrator password Click the Clean butt
32. t USB Drive Select a USB Drive Select Status Click the Select button and choose the El Capitan Installer application in the resulting dialog Select a USB thumb drive This drive must be at least 8GB in size and its contents will be completely erased When ready click Create to finish your new disk You may repeat the Create process to make as many copies as you like Advanced Features Delocalizing language files El Capitan Cache Cleaner can clean out unwanted language localization files This process can recover a significant amount of hard drive space Select Delocalize from the Clean menu to bring up the Delocalize window af eA Delocalize Japanese ar Select All Spanish Te Portuguese Select None German a Italian French Norwegian Dutch Finnish Korean Danish Swedish Icelandic i A de Run J Select the language files you wish to remove and click the Run button Note that this removal process cannot be undone Advanced Features Slimming Universal Binaries El Capitan Cache Cleaner can clean out unneeded code in Universal Binary format applications This process can recover a significant amount of hard drive space To do this select DeFAT Applications from the Clean menu You will be prompted with standard navigation dialog boxes to select an application for slimming and select a location to save the slimmed application EICC will not alter the original applica
33. t EICC Check for Update Check for the latest version of EICC Purchase El Capitan Cache Cleaner Purchase a license securely online Enter License Key Enter registration details or purchase a license Follow us on Twitter Follow Northern Softworks on Twitter Visit Our Website Visit Northern Softworks on the web Preferences Configure Automatic Maintenance in EICC EICC Menus File New EICC Document Create and Save a EICC Document Open EICC Log Opens the current EICC session log in the Console application Install All EICC Components Installs ClamAV package and the single user mode scripts Remove All EICC Components Removes ClamAV the single user mode script and deactivates the EICC Engine Install Clam Antivirus Installs the ClamAV components and activates the antivirus features Remove Clam Antivirus Removes the ClamAV components Install EICC Single User Mode Script installs the single user mode script to usr local EICC Remove EICC Single User Mode Script removes usr local EICC Create RAM Disk Creates RAM disks Contents are lost when ejected Create Portable EICC Creates a portable version of EICC on USB thumb drive Create Emergency Disk Creates a bootable emergency disk Create Lion Installer DVD Creates a bootable Lion installation DVD Create OS X USB Installer Creates a bootable OS X installation usb thumb drive Eject All Optica
34. tem Log Archives Removes old system logs Clean Virtual Memory Swap Files Removes unused virtual memory swap files Verify Volumes Folder Scans the Volumes folder and reports stale data View Installer Receipts Opens the Installer Receipts Viewer View Installed Applications List of Classic PPC and Intel applications installed on your computer EICC Menus Disinfect Check for Rootkits Uses the included chkrootkit tool to check and report on possible rootkits Virus Scan Home Folder Scans your home folder for viruses Infected files are moved to the trash This process is very time intensive Virus Scan Download Folder Scans your Download and Desktop folders for viruses Infected files are moved to the trash Virus Scan Users Folder Scans the Users folder for viruses Infected files are moved to the trash This process is very time intensive Virus Scan File Opens a file selection dialog and scans the selected file for viruses If infected it is moved to the trash Virus Scan Folder Opens a folder selection dialog and scans the selected folder for viruses Infected files are moved to the trash Update Virus Definitions Download and installs the latest ClamAV virus defintions An internet connection is required EICC Menus Maintain Repair Permissions Repairs permissions on your disks Includes permissions repair for clamav and some other tools If using EICC regularly permiss
35. tion but instead creates a new slimmed version of it After verifying the operation of the slimmed application you may safely delete the original Be aware that universal binaries are designed to run on both ppc and intel platforms Once slimmed down they will no longer function on both platforms but only on the platform you used to deFAT them It may also be possible that future application updaters may not like the slimmed down applications and will refuse to update them Please keep these points in mind when deciding to use this feature Advanced Features Finder Cleaning The Finder Cleaner window can cure many types of strange Finder behavior If you are experiencing difficulty with Finder Preference settings or strange Finder window behavior Finder cleaning may help you Before using EICC exhaust all of the obvious system repair options You should boot from your original install disk and run Disk First Aid You may also need to run the repair permissions If after these steps you decide you need to clean your Finder then close out all unnecessary applications shutdown classic and log off any extra users EICC will delete many Finder preferences files All of your Finder preferences and Window settings will be purged Finder Cleaner C Clean Finder Preferences C Clean All Users Finder Preferences _ Reset Window Settings on root volume _ Reset Window Settings on all volumes The Finder will be relaunched All Finder a
36. tions Add Recent Items Stack Enable Zoom Rectangles Add Quit menu to Finder Disable DS_Store over network Disable Icon Cache Disable Cache Disable History and Top Site Cache Enable Disk Utility Debug Menu pony Select the options you are interested in and hit the save button When changing the scroll bar arrows open applications will have to be restarted to see the changes The Customize window always opens with the default options selected This means you may restore your system to normal by clicking save without changing the selected options Advanced Features Creating an Emergency Disk EICC can be used to create a bootable emergency disk from the system disks that came with your computer This disk will be a stripped down version that will be Terminal based and include system repair utilities and EICC functions In all cases this disk will fit on a single layer dvd and many times will fit on a CD This disk can usually boot a wide array of machines To get started select Create Emergency Disk from the File menu OS x Emergency Disk Creator Source Disk Select a OS X Installer DVD or CD Select Disk Name OS X Emergency Disk Create Mount Burn Status Insert your system disk in the drive click the Select button and choose it in the resulting dialog Type a name for your disk in the Disk Name field When ready click the Create button to generate a disk image for burning
37. wever you must disable Automatic Operation If the application demo has expired Automatic Operation will be disabled for you Once Automatic Operation has been disabled simply drag EICC to the Trash If you wish to be thorough you may also delete the EICC Preference files Caveats A restart may occur without warning Applications may not receive a quit event They may not be offered the chance to save open documents They may simply be terminated Before using EICC make sure any unsaved work is saved and closed out After using certain preference settings may be lost After using EICC there may be some momentary sluggishness until caches are rebuilt Do not use EICC without restarting EICC has been tested without any harmful side effects and successfully cured numerous ills Your mileage may vary As with any software that deletes things a current backup is prudent Registration El Capitan Cache Cleaner is distributed as shareware You may use it for up to 30 days after which you are expected to register the software You may register online at our web site lt http www northernsoftworks com gt After registering you will receive a serial number Select Register from the El Capitan Cache Cleaner menu You may enter your email and serial number Be sure to enter the registration information exactly as it appears in your registration receipt Please save your receipt in case you need it in the future
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