Technology How to do maintenance on a Mac?

[MD Dreams]

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Such as disk clean-up. I havn't been able to find anything like this.

By the way I switched to a Mac a couple of months ago and it has been nothing but pure pleasure. And this is an intro level Mac I'm referring to.

Thank you.

 

[kallun]

Such as disk clean-up. I havn't been able to find anything like this.

By the way I switched to a Mac a couple of months ago and it has been nothing but pure pleasure. And this is an intro level Mac I'm referring to.

Thank you.

Hi,

Harddrive: Applications--Utilities(folder)--Terminal

terminal opens a window with some text. Write exactly as below:

Sudo periodic maintenance daily weekly montly
(Press Enter)

Your password will be requested--- write it in (Press Enter)

Wait about 15-30 mins until the line were you entered the commando appears again (without the command you entered) Close terminal. Done!

Futurewise you can do just the daily or weekly or montly updates by writing the same commando but omitting the ones you dont want. i.e.:

Sudo periodic maintenance weekly

It will go faster if you do ont do the monthly.

No need to do either very often though.

Congratulations on your switch!

Kind regards,

/Kallun

 

[southerndoc]

Hi,

Harddrive: Applications--Utilities(folder)--Terminal

terminal opens a window with some text. Write exactly as below:

Sudo periodic maintenance daily weekly montly
(Press Enter)

Your password will be requested--- write it in (Press Enter)

Wait about 15-30 mins until the line were you entered the commando appears again (without the command you entered) Close terminal. Done!

Futurewise you can do just the daily or weekly or montly updates by writing the same commando but omitting the ones you dont want. i.e.:

Sudo periodic maintenance weekly

It will go faster if you do ont do the monthly.

No need to do either very often though.

Congratulations on your switch!

Kind regards,

/Kallun

There are three other options: you can leave your computer on 24 hours (Macs automatically do this maintenance at 5 am), you can download MacJanitor (free from MacWorld), or you can just leave it alone. The periodic maintenance rarely affects performance.

The sudo commands are acceptable ways of doing things, but aren't for the newbs. (You won't hurt anything by doing the above, but try talking a 65-year-old grandmother how to do this.)

The equivalent of Windows' Disk Maintenance program is Apple's Disk Utility. You can find it by clicking Hard Drive : Applications : Utilities : Disk Utility. I highly recommend to use this after every software install and/or update. I usually use it weekly. Repairing permissions makes things run more smoothly and will speed things up a bit (hardly noticeable unless you have a lot of bad permissions).

 

[16846]

Isn't it more reasonable to reset the utility to run at a different time than 5 AM? Shouldn't that be something that is easy to adjust?

There are three other options: you can leave your computer on 24 hours (Macs automatically do this maintenance at 5 am), you can download MacJanitor (free from MacWorld), or you can just leave it alone. The periodic maintenance rarely affects performance.

The sudo commands are acceptable ways of doing things, but aren't for the newbs. (You won't hurt anything by doing the above, but try talking a 65-year-old grandmother how to do this.)

The equivalent of Windows' Disk Maintenance program is Apple's Disk Utility. You can find it by clicking Hard Drive : Applications : Utilities : Disk Utility. I highly recommend to use this after every software install and/or update. I usually use it weekly. Repairing permissions makes things run more smoothly and will speed things up a bit (hardly noticeable unless you have a lot of bad permissions).

 

[deleted59964]

Isn't it more reasonable to reset the utility to run at a different time than 5 AM? Shouldn't that be something that is easy to adjust?

maybe you could just set your alarm clock for 4.30am and then go fire up your mac 😉

 

[Stroganoff]

maybe you could just set your alarm clock for 4.30am and then go fire up your mac 😉

...because it takes Mac users 30 minutes to figure out how to turn on their Macs.

 

[16846]

...because it takes Mac users 30 minutes to figure out how to turn on their Macs.

 

[notJERRYFALWELL]

maybe you could just set your alarm clock for 4.30am and then go fire up your mac 😉

you can set your mac to turn on/off at whatever time and day you choose. Under System Preferences/Energy Saver/Schedule. I haven't tried it on my macbook, but I do that with my iMac.