Mac Maintenance - Help for Newbies!

[nolaPBG4]

i got my powerbook about 2 months ago and love everything about it. so i want to make sure it lasts as long as possible and always runs smooth and fast. so i'm wondering what maintenance i should do on my mac and how often, and if there are any "tricks" to speed it up?

so far, i've picked up:

1. repair permissions a lot
2. run cron scripts - i do this from terminal cause its fun (sudo periodic daily/weekly/monthly)

can somebody explain why i should "update prebinding" and how?

also, if there are any other tips and tricks for keeping a clean machine, and to maybe speed it up, i'd love to hear it, as i'm sure a lot of the new mac owners on this board would.....

thanks

 

[mactastic]

iKlear

 

[dukemeiser]

I think the prebindings are updated everytime you install OS updates. So, if you just installed 10.3.2, then your prebindings have just been done.

 

[7on]

Prebinding, aka the optimizing at the end of every install.