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BRMUG Meeting Notes March 2009 - Insuring Your Macintosh Insurance SafeWare Square Trade Backing Up Time Machine - Personal Backup (WS) Mozy [commercial] - Data Backup Service Carbonite [commercial] - Data Backup Service Carbon Copy Cloner - Bootable Backups (WS) SuperDuper [commercial] - Bootable Backups Hardware Maintenance Cleaning - dirty computers tend to overheat. Dirt and grit tend to scratch screens. Vacuum cleaners can produce a static charge that might damage chips. Cloth or cotton swabs and alcohol are best for cleaning. Make sure power is disconnected. Monitoring Health System Profiler - make sure all hardware shows up Onyx iTool - Utility for system maintenance SMARTReporter - Monitor health of disk TechTool Pro [commercial] - hardware diagnostic/repair Hardware Backup Keep your old Mac Mac Mini Get a Previous Generation Mac Software Maintenance Applying updates Clear off unused files Disk Utility Permissions Repairing disk Clearing caches, emptying Trash, running scheduled tasks, rebooting Having extra users (privileged and non-privileged) Interesting Links Mac OS X Routine Maintenance Mac Maintenance Quick Assist Macworld - Five Mac maintenance myths Mac OS X Basic Troubleshooting & Maintenance Tips