Routine Maintenance

[RaceJunkie]

Being a PC user for several years, I can't help but ask. What if any routine maintenance needs to be run on a Mac? And are there any good sw programs out there that does this?

 

[Neil321]

Alot people use the terminal to repair permissions or run maintenance scipts ,some use the disk utility to repair
permissions me,i use either OnyX or MainMenu

 

[savanahrose]

Neil do these make it any easier or faster to do the maintenance on my mac?

 

[soccersquirt82]

If you take it into the Genius Bar for a "yearly tune-up," they will clean up everything (defragment) which will make it go faster. I think the people at Apple use DiskWarrior which you can purchase for $99. Once Apple did this, my computer went much faster.

 

[scooterguitar]

We can't just defrag like on a PC?
I'm new and some things are way different.

 

[savanahrose]

I don't think you can defrag a mac just like on a windows computer. I have never done that. I have repaired permissions, cleared cache, history but that is about it. I haven't ever really had any need to defrag after I did the above. Welcome to the world of macs. It is alot easier than windows. Trust me on this. I have had mine for over a year and have never regretted it. My only regret is having to use windows at work.