Hi:
I just ordered and customized a new iMac that I will receive in three weeks. My 2008 iMac just died. Could you please advise me as to what software program to buy, (if any), to protect me from viruses, malware, trojans,or hacking for my new computer?. I heard Mackeeper is bad. Should I even worry about this? Also what is the best way to back up my files? Time machine, Carbonite, Dropbox, or any other? Thanks.
iMac
In General 3rd Party AV Software is Not Required as Mac OS X tends to look after itself.
Read Here > Antivirus Discussion
To keep your Mac Happy... See Here...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintainingmacosx.html
Mac OS X: About background maintenance tasks
With regard to Backing Up...
Time Machine vs. Clones and Archives
On one external Hard Drive... Time Machine for Day to Day use and on a seperate External Hard Drive create a Bootable Backup using either SuperDuper or CCC...
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com
Don't get any AV software. All they do is cause problems. They are one of those situations where the cure is worst then the disease.
Don't use Carbonite. It is incapable of returning the databases used by most Apple applications in a usable form.
What ever you do don't even think about MacKeeper.
Backup. Set up a good backup plan and then test it to make sure it works. It is a certainty you will lose data, the only question is when.
Allan
What is the best way to protect my new iMac?
