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Macintosh Computing

Scientists tend to use computers a lot, but that's not really my excuse. I've been playing with computers since my dad had one of the original 8088 IBM compatibles, and with macs since we got a Mac II. I've used plenty of Windows computers and plenty of Macs, and I love Macs, but I'm not here to argue with anyone who for some reason or another prefers PCs. No point wasting my time. Anyway, I know a good deal about Macs, seeing as how I've been taking care of them--professionally and nonprofessionally--for a long time. I'm also a bit of a Mac news junkie, checking various news and rumor sites pretty much every day.

Basic advice for keeping your Mac healthy:

  • Run Disk First Aid from your system CD about once a month.
  • Better yet, run Alsoft Diskwarrior about once a month.
  • If you have Norton DiskDoctor installed, remove crashguard. And only try to repair when started up from your Norton CD.
  • Make regular backups. And backups of your backups.
  • About once a year, erase your hard drive and copy the files back onto it. Just to be safe.

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Site last updated 7/2/00 by Dan Kraut.