Mac careA five-minute weekly Mac care routine, with a checklistInstall updates, restart, check storage, clear Downloads, confirm your backup ran and check battery health: a weekly Mac checklist of about five minutes.- Mac careHow to check how long your Mac has been onType uptime in Terminal to see how long your Mac has run since its last restart. What the output means, where else to look, and when to restart.
- Mac careHow often should you restart your Mac?Most Macs are happy with a restart about once a week. Why it still helps, the signs it's time, and when to restart, shut down or just let it sleep.
Mac careLow battery on a MacBook: when should you plug in?You don't need to run a MacBook down to empty. When to plug in, what macOS shows when the battery is low, Low Power Mode, and habits the battery likes.- Mac careMacBook battery health: where to check it and what it meansWhere to check your MacBook's battery health and cycle count, what Normal and Service Recommended mean, and what actually wears a battery out.
- Mac careMacBook charging myths: what really wears the batteryPlugged in all day, charging overnight, draining to calibrate, other chargers: which MacBook charging myths hold up, and what Optimized Battery Charging does.
- Mac careHow to set up Time Machine backups on a MacPick a drive, encrypt it and let Time Machine back up every hour. What it saves, how to check it is working, and how to get a lost file back.
- Mac careShould you install macOS updates right away?Install security fixes within days. A new major version of macOS can wait a few weeks if you rely on certain apps. How to tell the two apart.
- Mac careStartup disk almost full on your Mac: what to clear firstYour Mac says the startup disk is almost full. Where to look in System Settings, the usual space hogs, what is safe to delete, and why low space slows a Mac.