a myriad of small scripts and/or cmd-one-liners to do mac maintenance

clear-apple-logs.sh

#!/bin/sh
# http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/06/speed-up-a-slow-terminal-by-clearing-log-files/
rm -rf /private/var/log/asl/*.asl

disable-widgets.sh

#!/bin/sh
# works on Snow Leopard, not sure on Lion
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
killall Dock

firefox-cache.sh

#!/bin/sh
# http://simplestation.com/locomotion/speed-up-mac-os-x-leopard/
cd ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles
for i in */*.sqlite;
    do sqlite3 $i VACUUM;
done

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles
for i in */*.sqlite;
    do sqlite3 $i VACUUM;
done

no-glass-dock.sh

#!/bin/sh
# works on Snow Leopard, not sure on Lion
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock