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When a problem is found, and often these are minor, the Disk Utility will fix it for you. Both are safe things to do, but still it is always better to back-up your hard disk(s) before running these kinds of actions on them. Still, it can’t hurt to open Disk Utility every now and then (but not too often, once a month is more than enough) and have it ‘Repair Disk Permissions’ or even ‘Repair Disk’.
OS X UTILITIES SCREEN MAC OS X
Mac OS X does a great job of cleaning itself, throwing out old log files and keeping hard disks healthy. With the app open you can hover over any part of the screen and press shift+command+c and copy that color value so you can paste it elsewhere.īonus tip: if you need to zoom in even further you can hold down the ctrl key and do a two finger scroll up or down on your trackpad or mouse to zoom in. This is a cute little tool if you are a designer or web developer and sometimes just quickly want to know the values of a color. Select the row you don’t understand, hit cmd+c to copy it and paste it into Google.īonus tip: if you suspect an app is playing up you can search for it in the top right field. If you see a lot of errors pop up in a row for something you don’t understand, just Google it. I found out through console and reconnected the account. I recently found out I had synchronized a few Google Calendars but with the wrong password and some app was still trying to sync that every 2 minutes, resulting in about 20 errors. Keep it open for a while and you’ll start noticing things – like an app name that you deleted months ago that is generating a bunch of errors every 5 minutes.
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When you open it you will be greeted with a screen displaying a lot of seemingly gibberish. One way to find out whats happening is the Console app. Unfortunately apps that you’ve deleted can still run processes in the background that slow down your Mac. You might use them for a day or two and then delete them.
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If you are anything like me you regularly install and test new apps. If you need to get as much power out of your MacBook as possible, do check the Energy use panel.īonus tip: right click (or ctrl-click) the icon in the Dock and ‘Show CPU History’ from the ‘Dock Icon’ menu item to show a live view of your processor history.
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Both Time Machine and Safari are also energy-demanding. Some apps, like Photoshop, can use a lot of energy, even when you aren’t using them. That last one is especially interesting when you own a MacBook. Open it up every now and then, and keep an eye on the CPU, Memory and Energy processes.
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