Quick Start
This book describes a step-by-step process for maintaining and backing up your Mac. The maintenance intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) reflect the relative urgency of the tasks in each section; you may choose to do the tasks within a section in any order, but I strongly suggest first following the steps in Chapter 1.
Get ready:
• Get your Mac into the best possible shape by updating your software, getting rid of old files, and performing other preliminary tasks. Read Chapter 1.
Perform periodic maintenance tasks:
• Every day, update your backup archive and download (but don’t necessarily install) software updates. See Chapter 2.
• Once each week, perform maintenance such as cleaning up your Desktop, backing up your hard drive, ...
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