This hard fork business is confusing the F out of me

And it looks like I'm not alone.

I have my coins in Electrum (2.9.0) on a Mac. I also have Jaxx installed. What is my best course of action to redeem the BCH once the fork happens? And should I use a different computer for importing the seed and private keys into a new wallet that supports BCH?

And what's happening with Electron Cash? Should I even trust that thing?

And yes, I've seen other threads on here as well as websites with lots of info, but they conflict quite a bit at times which makes it really hard to know what to do.