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= General Maintenance Tips = | |||
*Perform Time Machine backups | *Perform Time Machine backups | ||
*Upgrade the operating system to latest version | *Upgrade the operating system to latest version | ||
Revision as of 15:33, 6 March 2017
 | Intended for Employees and Students |
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 | Categorized under Things Google can tell you |
 | Maintained by Rob Shin |
 | in need of review. |
General Maintenance Tips
- Perform Time Machine backups
- Upgrade the operating system to latest version
- Keep your software up-to-date in the App Store and elsewhere
- Reboot the machine regularly (once per week is good)
- Delete stale wireless preferred networks in Network Preferences. NOTE: If you use iCloud Keychain, any wireless networks you have connected to, on any Apple device also connected to iCloud Keychain, will appear in the list of preferred networks.
- Zap the PRAM (also called NVRAM)
- Reboot, then hold command-option-P-R until you hear the chime twice
- Boot into Safe Mode by holding Shift during the startup chime
- This will clear the Mac's cache files; just log in (twice if you have FileVault turned on), and then restart once more
- Install anti-virus software - We use Sophos here at RCS
- Review the Trash and empty it
- Review contents of Downloads folder and delete files that you don't need