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Mac spring cleaning

Hey ya'll,

I'm feeling the need to do some cleanup on my mac since it's been over a year since I started using it. Does anyone have some advice or checklists that outline what they do (and how they do it) to keep their machine tip top?

Thanks,

Jesse

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What I usually do is...

What I usually do is take a leisurely stroll through the usual suspects in both the root level Library and home Library folders -- Preferences, Caches, Application Support -- and nuke things that obviously belong to applications I've long since removed.

I also check for InputManagers, Contextual Menu Items, Scripts, and Services that may have been installed behind my back. (Bad programmer!)

If I can't tell what it is from the name, I assume it's from Adobe, and leave it alone. ;)

 
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