Finally got a Mac! But a few problems

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Good to hear.
Now, just stay vigilant with your backups, and only run OnyX every 2-3 months or so, and all should run smoothly.

 

[Tbone]

I do regular backups, that's not a problem. Only run onyx every 2-3 months? I've had this mac for a year and only run it once now, can it be run too much? I know the pc I have changes drastically after a cleaning but this mac still seems the same. i'm amazed how well it worked with all these problems in the background.

Tbone

 

[6string]

Macs don't have the registries that Windows PCs do, so you don't get the same file clutter.
Running OnyX too often can slow things down a fair, as clearing the caches, etc, makes it take longer for things to launch and run until things have been run a fair bit.

Basically, in the early hours of the morning, OS X runs it's maintenance scripts automatically.
If you always allow your Mac to shut down or sleep during these hours, then using OnyX every 2-3 months is a good idea, otherwise, it is really not essential.

See http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html

There is really nothing to do in majority of cases but to sit back and enjoy using your Mac

*I never turn off my Macs unless a software update forces me to do so, or if I travel by plane, otherwise, I have the display set to sleep after 3hrs of no use and computer set to sleep 'never' unless I close the lid which I do on occasion.
Never had any problems with my Macs