17. Maintaining Your Computer
What You’ll Do
Download and Install Software
Automate Software Updates
Open Compressed Files
Compress and Uncompress Files and Folders
Use Application Services
Understand Disk File Systems
Format and Copy a Disk
Fix Disk Problems
Optimize a Disk
Start Your Computer From a Mac OS Disk
Migrate Information Between Macs
Monitor System Activities
View System Messages with the Console
View System Information
Force a Restart
Introduction
Once you’ve bought your Macintosh computer, installed the operating system and all your applications, it’s important to be able to keep all that software up-to-date; especially the operating system software. With the consistent updates that Apple is making to the operating system, Mac ...
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