http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/ Tech Comics for Sys Admins, IT Professionals, Engineers and Computer Geeks! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/#comment-3595 Krishna Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:29:01 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=3162#comment-3595 So....which Mac do you own, Bob? ;) So….which Mac do you own, Bob? ;)

]]> http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/#comment-3594 Bob Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:07:03 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=3162#comment-3594 Blah, Blah, Blah. I love my Mac. Shut up FanBoys. Blah, Blah, Blah.
I love my Mac.
Shut up FanBoys.

]]> http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/#comment-3593 Matt Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:46:21 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=3162#comment-3593 Nothing beats offsite storage; in conjunction with Time Machine and ChronoSync, I use CrashPlan. I had a whole bunch of data to upload the first time, so they shipped me a drive to save everything to, which was used to do the initial sync. Now everything is done over the wire. Couldn't be happier. Nothing beats offsite storage; in conjunction with Time Machine and ChronoSync, I use CrashPlan. I had a whole bunch of data to upload the first time, so they shipped me a drive to save everything to, which was used to do the initial sync. Now everything is done over the wire. Couldn’t be happier.

]]> http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/#comment-3592 Chris Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:33:05 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=3162#comment-3592 Thankfully my Mac runs and runs so much better than any PC I've ever used. About the only thing I do is maintain an Apple Time Machine backup on an external drive. Occasionally I restart my computer and empty out my trash. That's it for me. Thankfully my Mac runs and runs so much better than any PC I’ve ever used. About the only thing I do is maintain an Apple Time Machine backup on an external drive. Occasionally I restart my computer and empty out my trash. That’s it for me.

]]> http://pcweenies.com/2010/02/02/my-mac-maintenance-strategy/#comment-3591 Mark Harmon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:16:06 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=3162#comment-3591 I've had my Mac mini for over 5 years. A couple months ago it would start to overheat and shut itself off. I thought that it was a sign that it was close to it's death. Then, I cracked open the case and blew out all the dust. (There was A LOT!) After that, it's been running like it was new. I did a clean "Nuke 'n' Pave" when I installed Leopard, so I hope it's good for a while. Another thing I do for maintenence is that I don't put a lot of crap on it and I don't try and make it do lots of stuff all the time. She's my baby and I treat her with respect. Finally, I sing to her every night and give it kisses. I’ve had my Mac mini for over 5 years. A couple months ago it would start to overheat and shut itself off. I thought that it was a sign that it was close to it’s death. Then, I cracked open the case and blew out all the dust. (There was A LOT!) After that, it’s been running like it was new. I did a clean “Nuke ‘n’ Pave” when I installed Leopard, so I hope it’s good for a while.
Another thing I do for maintenence is that I don’t put a lot of crap on it and I don’t try and make it do lots of stuff all the time. She’s my baby and I treat her with respect.
Finally, I sing to her every night and give it kisses.

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