Now is the time to make sure your Mac’s software is in good shape! Without hardware, you’d have no place to run your software, and since you’ve checked and verified that your hardware is in good shape, you are half way to a (self) certified solid workstation. In this article, we’ll assume your Mac passed all the brutal hardware tests you threw at it, as outlined in part 1.
The goal is to not only have a smooth running system when it’s idle, but a smooth running system even when it is put through the wringer. Every so often, it’s important to check and verify that your hardware is working properly, and indeed it’s equally important to verify your Mac’s software is running smoothly. Software is everything from the operating system you run to the apps you use every day. See part 1 to learn about all the way you can test your Mac’s hardware to verify whether it’s good to go or failing. In this 2-part series, we’ll take a look at how to check your hardware and software to verify your system is in good shape or if certain components are failing. Your computer consists of both hardware and software and a number of things can go wrong. I read around the web and people have said to reinstall everything.but I am trying to avoid this.How To + Recommended + Software & Apps How to Verify Your Mac’s Software Is Running Smoothly Ran basic checks on the drive and it seems ok. Macs just "work" with limited maintenance which was my draw to them. I crossed over from PC to Mac world a few years ago in order to exodus from these issues and configurations traumas etc. So, it may be other things running without my knowledge, but do not know where to look for them.Īgain, with my experience in the PC world for many years tells me that defragmented files is the symptom (but Mac OX does not defrag its files-as I have read), I may be wrong, since I am still cleaning out my mind from the "Gates" world.
I did delete a few programs that I noticed loaded (without my permission) like "Growl" when I downloaded "Dropbox". Runs a little slow on boot-up and opening programs. What I noticed with PC systems when they needed defrag-ing is the drive seems to be spinning around, making a clicking sound as if looking for files when booting or when first running a program, then stops when it has loaded what it needs into memory.
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