Getting the most from my iMac

Hi everyone,
I've had my iMac for almost 2 months now, just switched from windows, and of course on windows you can defrag the hard drive and check for errors and so on. My question is, do you have to do that on a Mac? I want my machine to run the absolute best that it can all the time and it seems that lately it's been slowing down a little. I've added a few apps and such but nothing big. So, if there is a way that I can make sure everything is clean and running at peak performance I would love to know how to do that, step by step. I'm very nervous about doing anything with the disk because I don't know what I'm doing. I'm very confident with windows but not Mac. If someone could help that would be awesome. Thanks, these forums are great!!
iMAC Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

If you are making the transition from Windows to OS you just have to remember that everything is much easier on a mac. What you are looking for is Repair Disk Permissions in your Utility folder. I click this before and after I install ANYTHING, including updates. It keeps everything running smooth and takes about 4 seconds.
I had been away from Macs for years and I like Windows and Macs. When I bought the Imac I picked up a handbook on OSX Tiger. I figured if I just spent a couple thousand on a computer another $30.00 was a small price to pay. I can tell you that it has already prevented me from making mistakes.

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This forum is a community of users of Nokia products and services from around the world who share their experiences and help people to solve problems. I've been using this forum for a couple of years now, I originally joined because I work in telecomms and I was looking for answers to a few issues that I was experiencing, and like many of the regular members, I've been coming here ever since. There is a really good crowd here, and it is often fun to read the boards as well as informative.
If you have a problem, if nobody else can help, and if you can find us (it's not hard, Discussions all over Google whenever you search for something Nokia-related), then maybe you can hire: The D Team!
The communityThis is a peer-to-peer community, you are usually dealing with people who have an interest in mobile technology, albeit with a particular preference to Nokia, who can help on a wide range of questions - the advantage that we have as a community is that many users have experience of a range of devices and accessories, so you can often get help here about issues concerning Nokia products being used with products from other companies that even Nokia itself cannot offer. There has also recently been a presence of Nokia staff (their usernames are shown in green) who are also helping users on the forum in their own time.
Unlike many forums that we all use regularly, this is an official forum owned and run by Nokia, not the creation of amateur enthusiasts like you and I, so they are much more strict about behaviour than other forums, and the moderators will remove anything that is offensive or disrespectful to other users, or which may cause offence to users of a sensitive nature. Basically, you should treat other users the way you could treat another member of the public in a public place - too many people take advantage of the anonymity offered by the internet to behave in a way that they would not normally do.
This forum is not a source of official support from Nokia, for that you have to call or e-mail from the "Contact us" link. Most of us are just normal consumers like you, therefore we don't have information on when products, services, software updates etc. will be available so it's futile to ask. Nokia doesn't even publish this information in most cases, so even the Nokia employee members probably wouldn't be able to answer these sorts of questions even if they do have the information.
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Your question is almost too much a personal one, begging the question "do we (husband and wife) feel comfy sharing one account on the Mac"   maybe thats why nobody answered you.
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since your question is mostly personal, ..I wont answer THAT part of it, but creating a new account is easy.....messing with switching back and forth is also a personal preference 'issue' as well.   I prefer to keep things simple, but...........you and yours, I dont know.......
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11468

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