5 actions that must be done regularly on your Mac

Macy's, as well as a mobile system from Apple have always been considered a complete product out of the box. There is no need to configure anything, adjust and clean. And this is indeed the case. However, if you want your computer has been the most productive and clean, there are a few simple steps that will help bring it to this state.

Below we tell about them.

Walk through the old applications and folders

I'm a horrible slob. This is manifested both in the real and virtual life. On my old laptop was 1 terabyte of memory and half of that space occupied rubbish. When I switched on the MacBook with 128 GB, at first I thought it was the end of my sloppiness and I will responsibly to the free space on the computer, because it was much less.

I was wrong. During the first month Mack turned into garbage and I had to force myself to retrain. Now I occasionally (once a week) to passers-by folders and applications and see what can be removed. As applications and files can be removed by simply dragging to the trash.

Make a backup copy

It is difficult to get used to back up, especially after the transition with Windows. However, the backup will allow to save all the files you need in any case.

Go to System Preferences and go to Time Machine tab. Connect an external hard drive and turn on Time Machine. It will automatically make backup copies of your system every hour, day and week. And when the disk is removed, the oldest copy.

Adjust autostart programs

For me, it was little surprise that the usual Startup in Mac called the "Login Items". But the value remained unchanged. These are the programs that are automatically started when the computer is turned on. There can accumulate many applications that do not need you at the start and that will reduce the system performance.

Go to System Preferences and select the tab "Users and Groups". Here, open the "Login Items", select the unwanted applications and click on the minus at the bottom.

restart the Mac

Suffice it a moot point, because many do not reboot the Mac for several weeks, or even months. However, experts advised to turn off and restart the computer at least once a week. Restarting frees memory and clean the system. And in the end, in any strange situation, restart your computer! Cure-all.

Avoid programs-tuners

There are many applications that assure us that will make the system faster, more responsive and smoother. Most often, these programs are just pure memory. But in doing so they fit into OS X processes, disrupting their work.

Despite this, some programs that do a good job and truly clean Mac is still there. For instance, Clean My Mac 2.

These simple steps will help keep your computer clean and protect themselves from unforeseen situations. Do you have any rituals that you perform on a regular basis, so that the computer worked better?

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