Thanks for that Greg. What I mean by cleaning the disk is that in
Windows, there is a utility called Disk Cleanup which basically cleans
up temporary files, internet junk, etc. Hope that's clearer now, and
thanks again for your thoughts.
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:22:54 -0700, "Greg Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> Hello;
>
> i'll take a shot at answering this. Here are my thoughts.
>
> > - Update Windows
> Well let's hope your not updating Windows on a Mac. But system
> updates on a Mac arrive and are downloaded automatically, unless you
> turn this feature off. I have seldom seen any updates that take
> longer than 10 minutes to install and that includes any number of
> application updates that you might get at the same time.
>
> > - Clean up the disk
> Of course it is possible to make just as big a mess of a Mac's hard
> drive as it is in Windows. I'm not sure what you mean by cleaning up
> the disk.
>
> > - Scan the disk for errors
> Drive scanning, known as fsck, I'm not kidding that is the real name
> of the UNIX program that does that task, is done each time you turn
> on the Mac or install software or updates. takes no more than a
> minute or two.
>
> > - Defragment the disk
> As a rule we don't defragment UNIX/Mac disks that's what fsck is for.
>
> > - Update my antispyware and perform scan
> > - Update my antivirus and perform a virus check
>
> There has never been a reported virus/spyware for Macintosh computers
> in the wild. I don't run anti-virus software on any of my Macs
> including a server connected to the internet. There is anti-virus
> software for the Mac but I'm not sure what it does what with no
> viruses to find.I would assume it would take about the same amount of
> time to scan a Mac as it would a PC.
> (What a racket Mac antivirus software for Macs is. Think about it
> all you have to do is make some minor file changes every month and
> people pay you for softeware that does...nothing!)
>
> I would say that on a mac the tasks you outline should take no more
> than 1-20 minutes depending on the number and size of the updates.
> ubt even for most of that time you could still use the computer for
> other tasks.
>
> Greg Kearney
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 07:04 , Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I've just finished the maintenance on my Windows machine. It took
> > nearly
> > 5 hours to do the following:
> > - Update Windows
> > - Clean up the disk
> > - Scan the disk for errors
> > - Defragment the disk
> > - Update my antispyware and perform scan
> > - Update my antivirus and perform a virus check
> > I have a couple of mac questions relating to the above.
> > 1. Will I have to do any of the tasks listed above?
> > 2. If so, how long would it take?
> > Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
> > Christopher Hallsworth
> > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> >
> >
>
>
Christopher Hallsworth
Skype name chrishallsworth7266
