EVERIES REMINDER 24, gizmo maintenance

I'm just staggering in to do this post. Rather shaken after a near-computer-crash. And the danger’s not over yet. Ka-thud, ka-thud, ka-thud, goes my little heart – in all the wrong ways.

Thankfully, all my backups are up to date, so this seems a good time to mention gizmo maintenance. You’ll see that some steps can be done while you’re getting on with your Weekly Wrap-up or Cleaning. Set a time frame to do the others, or they will really burn up hours:

• Physically clean any electronic equipment per its instructions.
• Recharge all battery-run gizmos – phones, cameras, etc.
• Run any overdue scans.
• Install any outstanding updates that you trust. (My near-crash was associated with auto-updates, so seek expert advice on this one!)
• Clean up electronic files –
  • Declutter email folders.
  • Declutter e-folders; start by deleting disused or duplicate files within them, and moving important older material to archive folders. E.g., ‘YYYY Name’ as in, 2013 Tax Records.
  • Review your folder- and file-naming system to ensure it'll make sense when you’re searching around for records.
• Make backups of everything!
  ​(This should be ongoing, but double-check now.)

---

Again, call in an expert if you're unsure of how to do steps safely.
Run through them every month to keep e-clutter from building up.