Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mac Essentials: No Kernals and Viruses

Apple's Mac computers can be a complicated computer due to its difference to the PC. Mac's are very well made laptops with an amazing design. Though the fact that mac's can't get viruses is partly true you still need to be cautious and smart whilst using your Mac. There ARE viruses for Macs, it is extremely hard to get one, but there are. Adding on to a virus, sometimes a program, file, or a software may cause your computer to crash/freeze. This is called a Kernal Panic. A Kernal Panic will stop all processes and bring a grey like screen with the power sign in the background telling you to shut down your computer. Kernal panics could be the result of over-use of your Mac, faulty RAM, a virus, or too many programs running at once. There are many possibilities for the Kernal panic and hopefully this article will resolve the problem. To avoid viruses or Kernal panics, I recommend getting MacCleanse.

MacCleans: http://maccleanse.en.softonic.com/mac - This is a safe website to download Maccleanse (Trial) for your Mac computer. This wonderful software deletes harmful, not used, old, or potential virus files, programs, and other software. In result, this helps reduce Kernal Panics and viruses.

Hopefully MacCleanse resolves virus problems or Kernal Panics. Another reason for just a plain Kernal Panic is because of over-heating. This can happen when your just watching Youtube videos, playing games, or opening websites with lots of Flash. There are many more things which can contribute to over-heating but those are the main ones. I watch many Youtube videos and play many games like World or Warcraft or Assault Cube and my computer over-heats. What can reduce this heat? Firstly, you could buy a Computer Cooling Pad for your Mac. This is probably the best choice as it helps A LOT. But if your low on money or don't want to spend cash than you could activate the built in fan thats inside every Mac or generally Computer. How do you turn on your fan? Download smcFancontrol (Completely free and easy to use)

smcFanControl: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol - This is a 100% safe place to download the smcFancontrol. You can monitor your Macs temperature and control the speed of your fan (rpm), thus bringing the temperature down.

The best thing is to have a cooling pad and the smcFancontrol to really cool your Mac. Is your computer STILL faulty? Tell the truth, are you careless with you Mac? Do you have marks, scratches or anything broken parts on your Mac? Being careless is very fatal for your delicate Mac. The hardware could have a possibility of moving around which ISN'T good! Whats the solution? Casing, plain casing thats strong, sturdy, and stylish. This helps reduce Kernal panics even if it doesn't sound right. The other things that can help you is common sense. If you have anything that you don't use, delete it. Memory is very precious. Clean your Mac with an Air duster or with a cleaning fabric. Don't put many things on your dock and manually clean your Mac from un-necessary applications, files, software, or programs. If you still have problems with your Mac, than maybe its a problem with your OS. Get your installation CD and re-download the current OS. Software updates also solves some bugs which can lead to panics. If you think something serious happened, send your Mac to a Apple store or retailer for a fix or check. Hopefully this helps your Mac!

A picture of a Mac skin or 'shell.'

1 comment:

Eitazul said...

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