Mac systems normally possess fast processing speed and
a very good performance status as compared to the Windows or other
operating system. But on some occassion its high speed and
performance may degrade because of few or more reasons. The possible
reasons for the poor performance of the OS X can be summed up as:
- Unorganized desktop
- Keeping too may widgets on dashboard
- Accumulation of junk files, temporary files etc.
- Low hard drive memory
- Many unused running applications
- Animated desktop
- Corruption of files.
So Mac performace can be decreased
because of the above mentioned factors and for that we
need to take some steps to optimize the performance of Mac.
Tip
1: Adding
more RAM:
To increase the processing speed you can add more RAM to
Mac OS X. Add the maximum acceptable RAM by your Mac. On the MacBook
models you can use maximum 4 Gb RAM but on MacBook Pro you can
install upto 8 Gb RAM.
Tip
2: Organize your hard drive:
You can increase the Mac performance by properly
orgainizing the hard drive and creating suitable partitions on your
hard drive. You can also switch to new advanced SSD hard drives,
having higher processing speed.
Tip
3: Maintain
free space and remove unused files and data:
Mac operating system use virtual memory a lot to process
the task required. For that you need to have sufficient free space on
Mac. Regularly delete all the unused files, trash, junk files, unused
applications, unwanted plugins & widgets, cache or temporary
files. You can use a third party software like Stellar Speedup Mac,
ccleaner, etc. to delete all the unused and unwanted files and data
effectively and automatically.
Tip
4: Remove
the applications as a Start-Up app:
If many applications are automatically starting-up when
the Mac bootup then this can cost the performance of Mac. All the
unused applications will use the processor's speed and can degrade
the system performance. So disable the auto-startup feature of the
applications installed on Mac.
Tip
5: Make
Dock less crowdy:
Dock takes a lot of processing and memory space, so
avoid adding too many apps in the dock.
Tip
6: Keep
dashboard minimal:
Remove any unwanted widgets from dashboard. Dash board
applications are normally small in size but it keeps on running in
background when not in use. So, these apps are eating up the
processors speed.
Tip
7: Permission
repair after installing a new software:
After
the installation of a new software you should run the 'Verify disk
permission' from disk utility. It may happen that your permission
settings has been compromised by the newly installed software. So running 'Repair disk permission' will
allow you to change permission settings to the previous one.
All the above mentioned tips will surely going to
optimize your Mac performance and will make it process much faster
than before. For any other query related to Mac you can write to me
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