Purchased a 27" iMac in early 2012 shortly after my young son spilled/fried my Macbook pro. In a rush to get the Mac up and running (my wife uses it for her design work) I just did a bunch of file dumps onto the new Mac. I set up an external HD for the backups and to store larger media files.
Fast forward to 2016 - the Mac runs well but almost seems slower than my Macbook (purchased in 2009). I would like to better organize my files/programs and maybe speed things up a bit (many programs get hung up/run slow). Looking for recommendations. I'm open to upgrading the OS, upgrading hardware, etc. Also looking for recommendations for backup programs or anything else. We've also got 2 iPhones and 2 iPads and would like a better way to use the Mac for backups, etc. I need a little insight into how to manage multiple devices that have their respective iTunes accounts/Apple ID's.
Any recommendations are welcome.
Thanks!
Fast forward to 2016 - the Mac runs well but almost seems slower than my Macbook (purchased in 2009). I would like to better organize my files/programs and maybe speed things up a bit (many programs get hung up/run slow). Looking for recommendations. I'm open to upgrading the OS, upgrading hardware, etc. Also looking for recommendations for backup programs or anything else. We've also got 2 iPhones and 2 iPads and would like a better way to use the Mac for backups, etc. I need a little insight into how to manage multiple devices that have their respective iTunes accounts/Apple ID's.
Any recommendations are welcome.
Thanks!