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<blockquote data-quote="mb300e" data-source="post: 1636829" data-attributes="member: 342473">Hello,After a sojourn from Apple/Macs of about 30 years, I am returning to the fold like a lost sheep. I recently purchased a Mac Pro 5,1, Yosemite, Quad Core Xeon2.8 Ghz, 2 x 2TB HDDs, 8GB ECC RAM, and an ATI Radeon 5770 Graphics card to mention a few items. I do a lot of NLE and Audio work.I have been a Microsoft user since the mid 80s so am familiar with all the vagaries and challenges that has presented me with.I will have the Mac in a few days and would like an opinion before I am tempted to light it off.I am the only user of my networked PCs and laptops, none of them use a login or password, they just start up when needed. My most powerful PC is a dual boot Dell running XP Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate; this PC has 6 TB of HD storage.1)&nbsp; &nbsp; I would like to have the Mac also start up without having to login each time. Now I don’t mind setting up a user ID and password and having it ask for the password when I am installing new apps, but not on each startup or every time I sneeze.2)&nbsp; &nbsp; I do regular maintenance including backups and disc cleaning and so on. Will disc cleaning by advisable or necessary on the Mac?Would anyone care to comment and share their knowledge and experience in these matters.Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mb300e, post: 1636829, member: 342473"] Hello, After a sojourn from Apple/Macs of about 30 years, I am returning to the fold like a lost sheep. I recently purchased a Mac Pro 5,1, Yosemite, Quad Core Xeon 2.8 Ghz, 2 x 2TB HDDs, 8GB ECC RAM, and an ATI Radeon 5770 Graphics card to mention a few items. I do a lot of NLE and Audio work. I have been a Microsoft user since the mid 80s so am familiar with all the vagaries and challenges that has presented me with. I will have the Mac in a few days and would like an opinion before I am tempted to light it off. I am the only user of my networked PCs and laptops, none of them use a login or password, they just start up when needed. My most powerful PC is a dual boot Dell running XP Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate; this PC has 6 TB of HD storage. 1) I would like to have the Mac also start up without having to login each time. Now I don’t mind setting up a user ID and password and having it ask for the password when I am installing new apps, but not on each startup or every time I sneeze. 2) I do regular maintenance including backups and disc cleaning and so on. Will disc cleaning by advisable or necessary on the Mac? Would anyone care to comment and share their knowledge and experience in these matters. Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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