Maintenance

If you live in an area with unreliable power, consider an uninterruptible power supply. It’ll gracefully shut your PC down if the lights go out.

I can’t stress this enough. Keep copies of important data on an external drive or in the cloud. One day, you’ll be glad you did.

Every few months, clear out old files and organize the rest into folders. Future you will thank past you.

Hard drives can develop bad sectors over time. Use tools like CHKDSK and Disk Utility to find and fix errors.

I know I sound like a broken record, but seriously. Update. Your. Software. Automatically if possible.

If you live in an area with unreliable power, consider an uninterruptible power supply. It’ll gracefully shut your PC down if the lights go out.

I can’t stress this enough. Keep copies of important data on an external drive or in the cloud. One day, you’ll be glad you did.

Every few months, clear out old files and organize the rest into folders. Future you will thank past you.

Hard drives can develop bad sectors over time. Use tools like CHKDSK and Disk Utility to find and fix errors.

I know I sound like a broken record, but seriously. Update. Your. Software. Automatically if possible.