Maintaining Your Mac Book - Step By Step

1.Keep your OS X up to date.

2.A clean desktop.

The items in your desktop folder actually use system resources in more than one place including needing to be rendered as little images perpetually on your screen. There are many way to access files easily. Even if you put one folder on the desktop and drag them all into it, it will help. Even better, go into your finder window and move that “desktop clutter folder” to Documents, then drag the folder icon to the right side of your dock. You will then have a shortcut to it.  Ok done.




To keep from having slow email problems that many of us experienced in the past, and other difficulties; if you use Apple Mail or any other email software, each of your email accounts should be on the more modern, easier to sync IMAP protocol. Check with your email provider if you are not sure.

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Maintaining Your Mac Book - Keep your OS X up to date.

Use the latest version of OS X and keep it up to date by running Software Update and applying all updates Apple provides. You can start Software Update from the System Preferences window, or from the top Apple menu on the top left of your screen.





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Maintaining Your Mac Book - You’re done! Almost

Keeping your desktop clean is an ongoing task.  Try to run Yasu every couple of months or if it’s easier to remember, add it to something else you do regularly, like change the baking soda in the fridge  or every time you change your oil.

There are more tips I will cover later but this is enough to clear up some confusion and get you going, while keeping it simple.

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Preventive Maintenance Tools For Mac - Dispel the Myths

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I won’t go into the details here, but based on my experience and research to dispel some maintenance myths that have been around for many years, I want to set it straight and clear for you, my readers.

Another thing that has prompted me to write this article is the number of utility applications on the market recently. I looked at many of them and I’m just saddened to see marketing ploys and scare tactics used to get nice Mac users to buy these products. Many of the products are just a combination of patched together free utilities of things that your Mac can already do. Some of them may be good products, but not something an average user should be tinkering with.

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Preventive Maintenance Tools For Mac - Simply

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Why do maintenance if Apple doesn’t mention it in their manual? Oh wait – you usually have to buy a Missing Manual.

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