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Preferences

You can use OnyX preferences to modify the appearance and the application behavior. To display OnyX preferences, choose Preferences in the OnyX menu. The preferences window displays two toolbar items.

General

You can use a local menu to choose the pane to automatically open when you open OnyX.

You can turn on the "Drawer" graphic effect when opening OnyX panes.

You can reduce the opacity of the main window by moving the Opacity slider; this takes effect immediately.

You can choose to run the commands on the current account (by default) or on all accounts, if possible.

The "Before quitting applications" option will cause OnyX to show an alert message before it forces an application to quit.

The "After running commands" option displays an information message after running maintenance commands. No message will be displayed if the "Automatically restart" or "Shut down" option is selected.

By default, when a restart is requested, OnyX will automatically restart but displays a message before running tasks. You can choose to hide, or show this message.

Advanced

By default, OnyX automatically checks the used disk space. If the used disk space is greater than or equal to 80 percent, OnyX displays an alert message advising to save space by deleting files. However, you can turn off this verification.

The "Open the OnyX Log window" option displays, when OnyX opens, the Log window listing all the operations performed by the application.

To search, when OnyX opens, whether there is a more recent version of OnyX, select the "Check for updates" checkbox. If a later version is available, it will be placed into your Downloads folder.

By default, the OnyX Log is deleted after quitting the application, but you can choose to preserve it by deselecting the corresponding option.