Thanks for that. Will check it out soon. Thanks again.
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:04:58 -0500, "Darcy Burnard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> There are programs out there to clean out the various system and
> program caches on the Mac. There seems to be some debate on whether
> these are necessary, and how often they should be run.
> Here's a web page devoted to mac maintenance that Cheryl posted to
> the list a few months ago, that I've found quite useful.
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> HTH
> Darcy
>
> On 16-Jan-07, at 9:29 AM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
>
> > 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
>
>
Christopher Hallsworth
Skype name chrishallsworth7266
