Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, 3rd Edition by Kissell, Joe -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Read Me First

Updates and More Basics What’s New in Version 3.1 What Was New in the Third Edition

Introduction Quick Start Start on the Right Foot

Install the Latest Version of macOS Turn On Automatic App Store and macOS Updates Update Third-Party Software Clean Out Accumulated Cruft Turn Off Unneeded Login Items Set Up a Backup System Test Your Hardware Run Disk Utility Use a Surge Protector or UPS Update Weak Passwords Use Optimized Storage Consider Maintenance Utilities

Perform Daily Tasks

Update Your Versioned Backup Check for Software Updates Empty Your Inbox

Perform Weekly Tasks

Clean Up Your Desktop Empty Your Downloads Folder Update Your Bootable Duplicate Rotate Physical Backups Offsite Install App Store Software Updates Check for Other Software Updates Restart Your Mac Check Your Spam Mailbox

Perform Monthly Tasks

Empty Your Trash Use Disk Utility’s Repair Disk Feature Test Your Backups Consider Clearing Certain Caches Clean Your Screen Clean Your Pointing Device Exercise Your Notebook’s Battery Check for Ebook Updates

Perform Yearly Tasks

De-Dust Your Mac Clean Your Keyboard Make Archival Backups Remove Unneeded Files Check Your UPS Battery

Maintenance Tasks to Skip

Repair Permissions Defragment Your Hard Disk Make Sure Scheduled Maintenance Tasks Run Install Anti-Malware Software Change Your Passwords Delete Your Cookies

New Releases of macOS

Buy Take Control of Upgrading to… Make a Fresh Bootable Backup Upgrade

Monitor Your Mac’s Health

Use Monitoring Utilities Check Your Drive’s S.M.A.R.T. Status

Learn More

Websites When All Else Fails

Periodic Task Checklist About This Book

Ebook Extras About the Author and Publisher Credits

Also by Joe Kissell Copyright and Fine Print