Chapter 15. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your iMac
Apple has built your iMac and Mac OS X to keep running as smoothly as possible, but even so, you will need to perform basic maintenance, such as emptying the Trash, updating your iMac with the latest fixes, and backing up your files. If things go wrong, you will also need to troubleshoot your iMac.
Reclaim Space by Emptying the Trash 326
Keep Your iMac Current with the Latest Updates 328
Back Up Your Files with Time Machine 330
Recover Your Files from a Time Machine Backup 332
Remove Applications You No Longer Need 334
See Which Application Is Causing Your iMac Problems 336
Force a Crashed Application ...
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