I am new to apple and leopard. What kind of maintenance do i need to do to keep my computer running at its best. I have a 2.4 ghz 20 in imac new style and leopard. What should i do about spyware and adware viruses. Any ideas?
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robbieduncan
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Nothing. Your Mac will generally look after itself without you doing anything. If you leave it running overnight (without sleeping) overnight once in a while then it'll look after itself a bit better.
There are no OSX Viruses at this stage. There are a very few trojans: don't download stuff from dodgy sources and you'll be fine.
There are no OSX Viruses at this stage. There are a very few trojans: don't download stuff from dodgy sources and you'll be fine.
As noted above, you don't really need anything for spyware.
However, for general maintenance, a utility called Onyx. It gives you one centralized location to repair permissions, verify your hard drive, run maintenance scripts, and clean out caches and log files.
Of course, be sure you know what you're clearing and deleting before you have Onyx do it.
However, for general maintenance, a utility called Onyx. It gives you one centralized location to repair permissions, verify your hard drive, run maintenance scripts, and clean out caches and log files.
Of course, be sure you know what you're clearing and deleting before you have Onyx do it.
I've been using macs for 24 years with no spyware/adware or virus protection running.
No spyware/adware can be installed on your system without you using the administrators password.
You as the operator decide what gets installed by using your password.
In other words don't worry about anything, your a mac user now.
It works just like a toaster. You put a piece of bread in, push a button, and it makes toast.
it just works.
--Eric
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No spyware/adware can be installed on your system without you using the administrators password.
You as the operator decide what gets installed by using your password.
In other words don't worry about anything, your a mac user now.
It works just like a toaster. You put a piece of bread in, push a button, and it makes toast.
it just works.
--Eric
😉
I don't understand the whole permission thing and scripts. What is the cache. And can I do most of this stuff with software already on the computer
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Onyx is good, but if you want an alternative as macrules quoted the link for mainmenu is a good little app, works a treat 😉