Howdy wamuggers
,
I am new to macs from Windoze.
I've now had a new emac installation running for
more than a month without any loss of
functionality.
I have trashed OS9 because there have been no
utilites in my armory which have needed it and I
want to have the most secure stand-alone
configuration possible (without going to silly
extremes).
Aside from that, I have installed another browser
(Camino), RealPlayer10 , iRecordMusic,
FinalVinyl, Eudora6.1, GraphicConverter and a
couple of messaging clients. Those are the
bigger ones.
I use Quicksilver and have nearly finished with
KeyCue (which btw is a great help for keyboard
migrators like me).
I am an average ma and pa user. I backup my home
folder to an external drive religiously and use
the net mainly for newsreading and streaming
radio.
Before I install a printer, I would like to have
everything as 'tuned' as possible.
I already repair the privileges after a new install.
I intend to follow the advice contained on this page:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/21/maintenance.html
When you don't do any special installs, etc.
Once a month:
1. Repair the privileges.
2. Repair the drive.
3. Force the periodic maintenance.
After an application crash, a power failure or a force reboot
Immediately:
1. Repair the drive first.
2. Repair the privileges.
Then, if the computer slows down:
1. Force the periodic maintenance.
2. Update the prebinding.
Around the installation of a big new application or a system upgrade
Before, do this:
1. Repair the privileges.
2. Repair the disk.
After, do this:
If this is more than a simple OS incremental
update, repair the privileges and the file system
again with the new, updated Disk Utility.
Any recommendations to vary this are welcome.
I note that it appears that I am unable to access
the last year's archives. I apologise in advance
if this topic has been dealt with recently and
the archives are indeed available.
Nancy M
