Running Your Apple Devices Lean, Clean, and Mean with Dave Hamilton What you’ll learn

• How to keep your Mac and iPhone running clean • Preventative steps to take before problems hit • What to do when things aren’t right • Mac Bliss & Cool Stuff Found: Some of Dave’s favorite tips and apps he uses to keep his devices running smooth What you won’t learn

• Not focused on pushing your Mac to its limits • Goal is to keep a machine running safe and sound so you can get your work done. But first... why? What are the benefits? • Computers builds up cruft over time. • The more stuff you have, the more space it takes up. • You probably don’t use everything on your devices. • Prep your devices – and yourself – for the day when disaster does strike. Running Clean Startup Cleanup

• System Preferences- >Users & Groups

• Login items tab • Check everything here

• Google what you don’t know before removing Running Clean Startup Cleanup

• Check ‘launchd’ • Use Lingon - peterborgapps.com/ lingon/

• Be careful! Running Clean Extensions

• You can Disable and Re-Enable • Demo-> Running Lean Quitter • Quits or hides apps after idle timeout • Based on app’s inactivity, not system wide • If you haven’t used QuickTime in 30 minutes, let Quitter quit it! • Free! https://marco.org/apps Running Clean Activity Monitor

• Built into macOS • /Applications/Utilities/ Activity Monitor

• Real-time output of CPU, RAM, Network usage, Disk Usage

• Demo-> Tangent - Cool Stuff Found iStat Menus • At-a-glance access to System State/health • Memory, Network, Disk, CPU Usage, Temperature in the menu bar • http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ - US$15 Running Lean App Tamer • Throttle apps when they’re consuming background CPU • From makers of Default Folder X • Better Battery Life, More Speed • $14.95 from stclairsoft.com Running Lean — and efficient Content Caching • Lets you cache iCloud Content and/or Updates • You only download it once over the internet, everyone else downloads locally • High Sierra brings Content Caching to everyone (previously just macOS Server) Running Clean File/Cache Cleanup • OnyX - http://www.titanium.free.fr/ • Delete caches automatically Tangent – Keystroke Efficiency Synced Shortcuts • Saving time is what it’s all about • Like TextExpander “light”, but synced to your main iOS keyboard, too • Demo! Running Clean Spotlight smoothing • Skip external drives and unnecessary folders • Drag/Add to Privacy • Demo-> Running Lean Hazel • Automated Organization for your Mac • Watches your files and folders so you don’t have to • Auto-sort downloads • Delete support files along with apps • Auto-empty trash on schedule • $32 from Noodlesoft.com • Demo(s)! -> Tangent - Cool Stuff Found OmniDiskSweeper • Finds sizes of everything on your drive • Free at www.omnigroup.com • Demo-> Running Clean The BIG secret • Unix was built for apps to start up and run for months or even years • Consumers use computers differently: multiple apps, opened and closed regularly/daily • As such, macOS’s RAM, virtual memory and caches can become full and fragmented • The BIG secret: • REBOOT! • At least weekly. Running Clean What we’ve learned • Clean up system startup • Login Items • Launchd (with Lingon) • Clean caches (manually or using OnyX) • Reboot regularly! Preventative Maintenance

• Repair File System • File System Repair can be run from boot drive. Better if run from Recovery Partition with CMD-R at boot. Preventative Maintenance Test Account • Go to System Preferences->Users & Groups • Create new “Test” user with Administrative Privileges • Remember the password

• Good when your system starts acting funky. You can log in as this user. If successful with test operations, you know it’s a user preference and not a system-wide issue Preventative Maintenance The BIG secret

• Well, rebooting doesn’t hurt • But Backing Up is better • Time Machine - Built into macOS • Carbon Copy Cloner - http:// bombich.com • Prosoft Data Backup - http:// www.prosofteng.com/ Tangent - Cool Stuff Found TimeMachineEditor

• Time Machine Backs Up Every Hour • Can slow down your machine • http:// timesoftware.free.fr/ timemachineeditor/ • Must Turn Time Machine Off • Demo-> Preventative Maintenance What we’ve learned • Keep our drives happy • Create a test user • The Secret: • BACKUP! • and as a bonus... • REBOOT! Disaster Strikes Machine Won’t Boot

• Go to single user mode (Cmd-S at Start), run ‘fsck’ • If that finds problems, it will fix them and automatically run again until it runs clean. • Boot from Recovery Mode (Cmd-R) and run Disk Utility • Boot from Drive Genius and rebuild directory • Target-disk mode to another Mac to copy data and punt!

Running Lean Check iOS Wi-Fi Assist • Wi-Fi Assist uses cellular data when Wi-Fi is present, but weak • Good, but can result in surprise data usage • Best to check how yours impacts you… in Settings! Running Lean Avoid the Scroll of Shame • We all install way too many apps on our iPhones. • (It’s a fact) • Bulk removing apps is cumbersome, at best • (also a fact) • iMazing to the rescue! • $39.99 at imazing.com Running Lean Check iOS Battery Status/Usage • iOS 11.3 Now reports battery health and performance • Also can see apps that use battery • Some of them! Running Clean Preserving Advertising Privacy • There’s nothing wrong with ads • …except creepy ads that know everything about you. Running Lean on iOS The (not so) Secret • Your iPhone is a computer that runs Unix, too • Very similar to macOS, in fact. • The BIG secret: • REBOOT! • iMazing will do it for you… wirelessly iOS Preventative Maintenance

• Apple doesn’t let us do much • Backups are pretty much it. • Definitely do iCloud • Also do a local one • iMazing (again!) • iMazing mini (free) will backup for you When Disaster Strikes (but your iPhone still works) • Use the Apple Support App on iOS • Online chat in the app • Test your battery (and other components) • Remote diagnosis • Schedule mail-in service Q&A

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