MAC Book Pro maintenance

I use two computers one for the office and one for working remotely, meeting customers and delivering training so MAC Book Pro maintenance is vital for delivering services.

For the last few days I have seen an increase in issues with my my trusted possession so I will be carrying out some maintenance so I though I would share some my maintenance tips and advice.

Back up you Mac Book Pro to a remote hard drive. This will free up space and keep the computer working to its optimal capacity.

The Built in Time Machine is ideal

Open Finder and review the Apps in the Applications Folder.

I was amazed by how many additional applications my poor Mac was having to manage.

I have been using MAMP for a Siverstripe website upgrade but have decided to stick with WordPress for this project so MAMP has to go.

For security I am using Norton for all my devices but this seems to be working fine but check your security apps are working effectively and not disrupting the Macs performance.

Get rid of old files and images and have a general declutter by moving some files to an external hard drive for manual file and storage.

Your computer stores memories so these memories can be removed and restored.

Select Finder > Go > Go to to folder > ~/library/caches

delete folders taking up disk space. You do not need to delete all files in here just the ones taking the most space.

Also delete from

/library/caches

It is worth running this procedure regularly as part of your maintenance plan.

Applications > Diskutility.app

Select > First Aid

select > Repair disk permissions

First Aid > Verify Disk

Disk Utility will clean up any repairs.

I tend to be a bit lazy and stick a lot of images and files on my desktop. This infact is bad practice as you must keep the desktop free of clutter.

Move all images and files into the correct locations or delete them.

This is true will all hardware and software. Updates could include vital security updates or minor issues so all updates should be carried out as soon as they appear.

Looking after your equipment is imperative to running a success business. Issues with your MAC Book will happen at the most inconvenient time and cause unnecessary stress.

Take time out of your busy day to maintain your equipment so business never gets interrupted by unnecessary technical issues.

You can contact Apple for their MAC service and repair service or you can contact us for advice.