Mac 101: Miracle Maintenance

12/20/06 By

Mac 101: Miracle Maintenance

Following are three key things you can do to keep your Mac in tip-top shape. We also tell you what you can do to get the best performance from your Mac.

This is a decent Apple Knowledgebase article which was posted (or updated) today. It covers what I would consider to be the very minimum a user should do to keep their machine in order. I repeat — this is the VERY LEAST you should do to keep your Mac happy! If you’re not even doing this much, then you’re just asking for trouble.

Another decent kBase article covering Mac Maintenance is 303602. It expands a little bit more on the topics in article 304751, but is still only what I’d call a bare minimum for keeping your Mac in tip-top shape.

Be on the lookout for my version — where I’ll go into just a wee bit1 more detail — sometime after the first of the year…

  1. Actually, it’ll be way more detailed — but still easy enough to stick to on a regular basis. [↩]
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About Jim Mitchell

Jim started out with a Mac SE/30 and a whole lot of love for that machine. It was during those early years working with PageMaker, Freehand & Photoshop that he learned the importance of keeping a system in tip-top shape. Now, as a systems admin with more than 20 years of experience under his belt, Jim’s ongoing efforts help keep the Macs of others running smoothly. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @jimmitchell.