Apple’s Macbooks are easy to maintain and highly durable. But that doesn’t mean you become complacent and completely ignore its maintenance. These simplest Macbook maintenance tips will help you keep your Macbook in best shape and running to its best capacity for longer than you have ever thought.
Run Disk Utility
Running disk utility every month is essential for repairing and most importantly for the verification and repair of the hard drive. Disk utility is available in all Macbooks and can be easily spotted in the Applications and then utilities folder. Both utilities options —Repairing Disk Permission and Verify Disk Permission are available under the ‘First Aid’ tab and can run one after another.
Keep Mac’s Software Up-to-date
Regular updating of Mac’s software is very essential. To ensure smooth run of your machine, it is important that you run software update regularly, let’s say after every 7 days. To do that click on Apple Menu and keep visiting Mac App Store for updates. There can be updates for various things:
● General fixes
● Feature enhancements
● Security fixes
Updating your Macbook is very easy, you just have to click on the install button, if you find the update useful for your Mac. Though software updates check for the updates by default, Mac Apple store has to visit at least once a week for updates in OS X Lion. However, if you are not sure whether to install the update, contact a credible Apple Mac repair center.
Clean off the Desktop
Having too many files saved on your desktop slows down your Mac. Although slowdown is not that noticeable on the brand new Macbook it is still recommended to keep your desktop clean for best utility. Too many files and their icon previews take up the RAM and resources resulting in sluggishness of the Mac and also the desktop looks cluttered. The best practice is to fill scattered things in an appropriate folder.
Regular Back up
Make a habit of having regular backup of your Mac. It not only enables you to instantly recover from potential technical glitch, but having a backup is a good management practice to overcome your shortcomings. The simplest and easiest way to keep the backup is through time machine for which you will also require an external hard drive. Once you have set up Time Machine the machine runs automatic back up without any effort.
If in case you are having some issues with your Macbook do not try to fix it on your own, if you don’t have proper understanding of the machine. Consider contacting an authorized Mac repair service center in your area.
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