![]() ![]() Learn to use OS X keyboard shortcuts and install CheatSheet - 'Just hold the ⌘ key a bit longer to get a list of all active short cuts of the current app.’ One recommendation is to set your trackpad to use 3 fingers. Gestures & Keyboard - Learn gestures for your Magic Trackpad/Mouse, use BetterTouchTool, and set your > System Preferences > Mouse/Trackpad to suit your needs. Both work with Macs and iPhones, and the latter works with a wider range of devices eg Android phones. Track your Mac - To find your Mac if stolen, beforehand install Find my Mac and Prey Project. Search - Add plugins to Spotlight to search YouTube etc, with Flashlight. Review your > System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy to set what info your Mac shares with Apple and apps. Disable Spotlight search results being shared with Apple. Privacy - Consider changing Safari’s default search engine to DuckDuckGo via this guide. In Advanced pane of Security & Privacy preferences, require an administrator password to access system-wide preferences, and disable remote control infrared receiver. Enable the firewall and allow incoming connections on a per app basis. Set your screen to lock immediately after it sleeps. Create a Guest account for friends - it deletes data at logout. Use passphrases instead of passwords, and consider using iCloud Keychain to synchronise passwords and/or passwords over your Apple devices. Note that on Macs with removable (non-soldered) RAM it is possible to bypass a firmware password. If worried your files may be read if your Mac is stolen, turn FileVault on (but beware this can make your data unrecoverable if your drive needs repair) and consider using a firmware password. Don't install Java unless an app needs it and disable it in browsers. Security - Keep OS X and apps up-to-date. If your Mac's drive has a working OS X, you can use OS X's Migration Assistant from your bootable cloned backup, as many times as needed, to copy over your Applications, User accounts, etc. To restore from a bootable cloned backup, use a backup app eg SuperDuper!. To restore a Time Machine backup, use OS X Recovery menu option. Restore a Local Backup - First, try to copy newer files off it (see Drive Recovery below), or choose a restore option that doesn't erase them. If you buy SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner, you can incrementally backup to an external drive with the main benefit being that you can boot that drive from your Mac (or another) to immediately use.īackup an OS X installer DVD/dmg to a bootable external drive using DiskMaker X. The main benefit of Time Machine is that it can restore different versions of files by time of snapshot. Time Machine does incremental backups eg hourly, but will not be bootable and may take hours to restore using OS X Recovery (see below) or OS X installer DVD/external bootable drive. ![]() Local Backup - Use OS X’s Time Machine and/or make regular incremental bootable backups to an external drive using SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner. Look at dotfiles - 'Backup, restore, and sync the prefs and settings for your toolbox'. MacDropAny - sync folders outside of your main sync folder (eg Dropbox folder) by creating shortcuts. ![]() Apps can lack features due to Apple's security restrictions.Ĭloud Backup - Use at least 1: iCloud, Tresorit (encrypted), CrashPlan, Backblaze, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive. Install BatteryHealth or coconutBattery to see your battery's stats.īenefits: Update notifications for apps show on icon in Dock, you can reinstall apps using same App Store account on another OS X install, and only App Store apps are eligible to use iCloud (until OS X Yosemite).ĭisadvantages: No promotional pricing, so new versions cost full price again. Visit Apple's Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac page for more information.īattery Life - Optimise your battery's life with Practical Tips For Taking Care of Your Mac's Battery and How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries. Use Malwarebytes to find and remove adware. WARNING - Apps Known to Install Adware: MacKeeperĪdware Removal - Have you installed an app like MacKeeper that users have reported installs adware, or think your Mac may be infected with adware? It's quite rare, but it can happen, particularly if you have given an app admin permission during install and the app is dodgy. Learn OS X’s directory layout and commands. Switching from *nix? - Install Homebrew, ‘brew install’ GNU command line tools and Homebrew Casks. Switching from Windows? - Watch Apple’s Mac OS X: PC to Mac - The Basics and read their Switching PC Habits guides. ![]()
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