intel imac maintenance ??

[talkindrum]

my intel imac is coming up on 3 years old, and ive never done any kind of
maintenance on it.
this is my first mac, is there anything i should do or need to know?
it is still running pretty smooth, not slow or anything... just seems like i
should empty the cache or something... is all that stuff really automatic on
a mac?

 

[TMRaven]

Do a disk permission repair from time to time-- which you'll find under disk utility. That's about it.

 

[Aktchi]

From your description, looks like you have enough memory. If less than 4GB, consider adding some. Consider Macaroni for running routine disk chores silently. If you are not making back-ups, start those. Otherwise keep liquids, dirt, food crumbs away; clean the lcd screen once in a while; and just enjoy it.

 

[talkindrum]

Do a disk permission repair from time to time-- which you'll find under disk utility. That's about it.

hey,
what does this do? is it like a hardrive test for bad sectors ?

 

[Gregintosh]

Sometimes you have to take it into the shop to have your hard drive rotated and RAM fluid replaced.

In all seriousness though, I don't there's much maintenance to do. I am not convinced about the permissions thing either. If it is working fine it will keep working fine. It is not like a PC that gets bogged down with spyware and stuff.

On my mac, I format it every once in a while just to get a clean start. But thats more of a preference thing than a maintenance or necessity.

Edit: I just reread some of the above posts. I agree with Aktchi, just clean the LCD once in a while (as needed) to get rid of dust and such. Use a microfiber cloth so you don't scratch it and don't use any abrasive cleaners. And of course, back up your important data. But that's not really a maintenance for your iMac thing as much as a common sense thing to do on every piece of computer equipment you own.