{"id":481949,"date":"2023-01-09T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=481949"},"modified":"2023-01-09T15:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:02:23","slug":"preventative-maintenance-to-keep-your-computer-in-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/preventative-maintenance-to-keep-your-computer-in-shape","title":{"rendered":"Preventative maintenance to keep your computer in shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better? A: As with many other items in our lives, preventative maintenance is the key to avoiding expensive repairs that often come as a surprise. Imagine driving your car until it broke down instead of regularly changing the oil, checking tire pressure, etc. &#8211; the resulting costs could be enormous or you could end up stranded on the side of the road in hazardous conditions.With your computer, both the expensive surprises and loss of use can be avoided if you get in the habit of routinely performing some basic tasks. Preventing Data Loss If you think about it, your physical computer isn&#8217;t really what is the most important thing &#8212; it&#8217;s your personal data that counts the most. Establishing a regular backup, preferably off-site for the best security is essential. You can certainly use an external backup that is connected to your computer with software to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better? A: As with many other items in our lives, preventative maintenance is the key to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[303,1,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-news","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}