Best Practices for Mac OS

Question 1

Scheduled Backups

Answer 1

• Time machine
  
  • Included with Mac OS X
• Hourly backups (past 24hrs)
• Daily backups (the past month)
• Weekly backups (all previous months)
• Start deleting oldest information when disk is full

Question 2

Scheduled Disk Maintenance

Answer 2

• Disk Utility
  
  • Disk maintenance

Rarely needed
-No ongoing maintenance

• Verify disk / First Aid
  
  • On-demand error check
  • Similar to Windows Check Disk

Question 3

System Updates / App Store

Answer 3

• Centralized updates
  
  • For both apps & OS

-AppStore Applications

• Automatic Updates
  
  • Or manual install
• Patch management
  
  • Install & view previous updates

Question 4

Driver / Firmware Updates

Answer 4

-Almost invisible in Mac OS X

• System information
  
  • Detailed hardware list
• View only
  
  • No change to settings
  • By design

Question 5

Anti-virus / Anti-malware Updates

Answer 5

• OS X does not include anti-virus or anti-malware
• Many third -party options
• An emerging threat
  
  • Still doesn’t approach windows

-Automatic your signature updates