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#1
November 5th, 2007, 04:44 PM
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| Tips for speeding up your mac? I am looking for solutions that do not involve downloading anything. Thank you.  |
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#2
November 5th, 2007, 05:03 PM
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| 1. Get more RAM. That will make the Mac faster. 2. Disable things you don't use ... in case of 10.4 or 10.5 if you don't use for instance dashboard, disabling it speeds the things up 2 %. 3. Don't use Filevault, that would slow the things another 2 %.
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#3
November 5th, 2007, 05:11 PM
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| Don't fill up your hard drive with files; get an external one to store your work files/photos, etc. Repair permissions once a month or when problems occur: apps/utilities/disk utility Restart your computer regularly if you let it sleep instead of shutting it down. And MANY other great tips here: http://www.lowendmac.com/eubanks/07/0312.html
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#4
November 5th, 2007, 05:14 PM
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| Indeed, 15 % empty space minimum on your hard drive at all times for 'nix to work well. Run periodic every now and then if you can't keep it running and out of sleep at nights.
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#5
November 5th, 2007, 08:23 PM
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| I've been wondering, how do you actually disable Dashboard since I hardly ever use it.
__________________ MacBook 2.0 GHz , 120 GB, 2 GB, OS 10.5.5 (someone stepped on my MacBook and crushed 250 GB HD :[ .) PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz, 750 GB, 1 GB, OS 10.5.5 Server iPod Classic Black 120 GB |
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#6
November 5th, 2007, 10:55 PM
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| you can download a little app to turn it off. (there are command line ways but they are a little harder) http://www.natal.be/index.php/?p=6 |
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#7
November 6th, 2007, 06:17 AM
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| Also OnyX allows to turn is on and off (and it's freeware).
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#8
November 6th, 2007, 08:23 PM
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| quit any unused applications. i.e. ichat, office, iphoto... etc |
