Maintaining computers, mobile devices, routers, printers, and
so on will help them serve you better as they age. Humans need
sleep to clean our brains and other parts of our bodies.
Similarly rebooting devices clears caches, checks software and
hardware integrity. It is a good practice to regularly reboot
devices.
Check for Malware on PCs and Macs
Malwarebytes (PCs & Macs)
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
https://www.malwarebytes.org/mac-download/
Cleaning Cruft from your Hard Drive
CCleaner (PCs & Mac)
https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner
CleanMyMac (Mac Only)
https://macpaw.com
Check Internet Connectivity with speedtest (and more)
https://speedtest.net
https://fast.com
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Connectivity/index.html
Manage the storage space on your devices, Don't let your Hard
Drive (Memory on mobile devices) get more than 80 percent
full. You need about 20 percent free for updates and normal
operation.
Say you are an Apple Mac user and you want to see what's on
your hard drive. System Settings > General > Storage
This graphic and clicking on Manage will give you some
indication as what is filling your Hard Drive and suggestions
to free up space.
Managing Your Updates
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Manage/Updates.html
Managing Your Backups
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Manage/Backups.html
Managing Your Battery Health
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/Manage/Battery.html
Don't let your Computers, Phones, and Tablets get so old that
they can't run the current operating system (OS) or do
security updates!
Contacting Microsoft
https://support.microsoft.com/contactus/
Phone: (800) 642 7676
Contacting Apple
https://www.apple.com/contact/
Phone: (800) MY APPLE (800-692-7753)
sam.wormley@icloud.com