Keeping the Mac Pro/OS in top shape

[chipandegg]

I'm new to Macs after using Pcs for many many years. I made the right move

I was wondering if there..

Are there any procedures that I should do or things that I need to look out for to keep my Mac running smoothly. Basically to keep the OS in top shape and healthy. Things that I need to do often?

Any tips, will be great

cheers

 

[xUKHCx]

Leave it alone to do its own thing. I found that trying to manage the OS actually caused problems.

 

[hugodrax]

I'm new to Macs after using Pcs for many many years. I made the right move

I was wondering if there..

Are there any procedures that I should do or things that I need to look out for to keep my Mac running smoothly. Basically to keep the OS in top shape and healthy. Things that I need to do often?

Any tips, will be great

cheers

Defrag the drive, install antivirus and antispyware software and reinstall the OS every 12 months to speed things up. I also recommend norton utilities to help purge orphaned registry entries, clean up the rut etc.


oops sorry, microsoft windows flashback. Never mind.

 

[iMartini]

About once every couple months or so, open the case and blow out all the dust with some canned air.

 

[ocbo41]

Defrag the drive, install antivirus and antispyware software and reinstall the OS every 12 months to speed things up. I also recommend norton utilities to help purge orphaned registry entries, clean up the rut etc.


oops sorry, microsoft windows flashback. Never mind.

LOL

 

[daveIT]

Tell it I love it daily and buy it flowers 2x a year....


...oh wait that's my wife

I've been running OS X since it came out and I can count on one hand the number of times it's crashed.

 

[chipandegg]

LOL

I'll try all of the above

lol

 

[ocbo41]

I use Mac Janitor on my parents machine because they never leave it on long enough to do it's automatic maintenance. I believe the OS will defrag the hard drive itself if I remember correctly...I remember losing a pc to a simple defrag...just locked up and wouldn't boot back into xp....glad i'm on OS X now