52 ways to increase MAC OS X speed

1. Verify/Repair Disk permissions

In application/utility/disk tools. App Select your system's volume for verification, and if there is a problem fix it (you can actually point to "Verify and Repair Disk permissions" Anyway before you fix it).

Note that the non-system volume defaults to ignore permissions, and naturally there is no verification and repair of the argument.

2. Clear the unwanted login items (that is, the program that runs automatically when you log in)

System Presets-account-Login items, see for yourself, take away items that don't need to be logged in.

Note that some programs are automatically added after they are removed, such as Adobe Acrobat's adoberesourcesynchronizer.

3. Clear unwanted applications

There is nothing to say, some no longer use of the application can be deleted, that occupies space and unsightly.

4. Clear the Unwanted preset panel

In the list below the system presets are the panels that are added by some third-party applications that can be deleted. Right-click to remove, or delete unwanted in "~/library/preferencepanes", you may need to reboot or force clear the trash.

5. Clean up the desktop

Quite a few users have reported that a clean desktop can improve the speed of the system.

Don't leave the clutter on the table, pick up a folder, or simply delete it.

6. Emptying The waste basket

Clearing the Trash can save disk space Oh ~ ~ Nonsense.

7. Turn off the universal support if you don't need it.

It is clear that the universal helper will certainly occupy memory and processor time, turn off the use of the universal auxiliary option, in the system preset-Universal Auxiliary

8. Turn off Bluetooth If you don't need it

Open Bluetooth, that is, the cost of memory and electricity, when not to turn off it. Users with wireless mm mouse please ignore.

9. Turn off speech recognition

Frankly speaking, non-English users are also wasting memory and processor time.

10. Turn off Internet sharing

System preset-Share-internet, now with more routers, Internet sharing don't have to turn it off.

11. Reserve enough free space for the startup volume (which is the system's volume)

Virtual memory is used, so try to ensure that there is 10% free space on the startup volume.

12. Remove unwanted language Packs

Monolingual is a free and good tool for removing language packs. Some you simply do not understand the language pack to remove it, but also to save space.

Note: Removing a language pack is an unrecoverable operation and you must reload the software to recover if there is a problem. Please make a careful decision.

13. Remove Programs that alter desktop effects

Recently I've found a good program to put a different kid on my desktop every month, and it looks great, but once I found in the Activity Monitor that the program was consuming a lot of memory and processor time.

14. Clean up applications that are not allowed on the Dock

It's just enough to keep the frequently used applications on the Dock.

15. Associating the appropriate application for a file

For example, if there is no special requirement, it is best to associate in the "preview. App", the Association in "Photoshop.app" will give every time the picture file caused great inconvenience.

16. Check the architecture of the application

If you use the intel-based Mac, the Universal Binary version of the application will be faster than the PowerPC schema run through Rosetta.

17. Turn off the Dock effect

18. Turn off desktop background animation

System presets-desktop and screen saver, turn off the function of every how often you change the picture.

19. Turn off the unused widgets

Even if you do not activate Dashboard, all open widgets will consume memory and processor time. Watch the activity monitor and you'll know. If you don't use Dashboard at all, you can even disable Dashboard directly.

20. Check how much memory and processor time each widget consumes

Check with Activity Monitor, if two widgets can achieve almost similar function, then you should choose the one that compares province resources. Some widgets in a feature set often require more memory and processor time.

Using Tinkertool to optimize the system

21. Turn off effects

Special effects look good, but they are not necessary. In the Tinkertool Finder panel, turn off some unwanted effects.

22. Close the Dock shadow

In fact, the system default is to close the Dock shadow Oh.

23. Disable Dashboard

In the general panel of Tinkertool, you can disable Dashboard directly, if you don't need to use it.

24. Skip checksum validation When you open the DMG file

The DMG checksum verification can be turned off in the Tinkertool applications panel, which accelerates the mount of the DMG file. However, a file without a checksum is not sure if it is broken.

25. Remove or close a login item that you do not need

Well, we've done it in the 2nd step, and of course we can make sure we're tinkertool.

26. Reduce the latency of displaying and loading pages in Safari

In the Tinkertool Safari panel, this will not improve your speed, but it will make you feel like browsing the Web faster.

Using OnyX to optimize the system, it is similar to the Tinkertool function, but with more options

27. Turn off effects

In 21 steps, we've already set it up with Tinkertool.

28. Turn off the Dock effect for "open application" and "Application Reminder"

I don't think it's necessary to turn it off, especially when it's useful.

29. Disable Dashboard

In the Tinkertool.

30. Reduce the latency of displaying and loading pages in Safari

It's been set in the Tinkertool.

31. Verifying Repair Disk Permissions

Well, it looks familiar, because the 1th step is this operation.

32. Execute Maintenance Scripts

This actually comes with the system, except that the default execution time is at midnight, when most users turn off the machine. Maybe the system just thought of a 24-hour server with no shutdown. Here, we can execute them manually.

33. Rebuilding the Spotlight Index

Spotlight Search when there is no problem, do not rebuild, because the reconstruction will take a certain amount of time, not cost-effective.

34. Optimization System

With "Full optimization", some of the big applications are installed when the process is also this step, where we can manually optimize.

35. Clean Up Internet settings

Once your cookies have been cleaned up, you'll need to lose the username and password on the forum.

36. Clear user cache and font caching

In fact, it will be regenerated after reboot, but it can sometimes be used to solve some unknown system problems.

37. Clean up unwanted log files

Most users do not have the habit of analyzing logs, and developers and UNIX users are more commonly used.

38. Forced emptying of waste basket

Automatic execution of OnyX

Select the maintenance plan that needs to be executed, one key operation, easy.

40. Clean Safari Cache

To speed page reads, Safari saves copies of each page in the cache, but it also slows page reads when there are too many caches, so it's nice to occasionally clean up the Safari cache.

41. Clean up Safari history record

42. Clean up Safari's automatic filling record

43. Clean Safari's website icon

Some sites have their own icons defined on the address bar, and if they don't need to be cleaned up, it doesn't make much difference. You can also clean it by simply deleting the content under "~/library/safari/icons".

44. If you are a Friefox user, then you should be able to find a specially optimized version for your processor, which is obviously effective.

Extension of Firefox

Firefox is a powerful and extensive extension that gives Firefox a better browsing experience, but too many extensions slow down Firefox, including startup speed and speed. Unwanted extensions can be disabled or deleted altogether.

Smart Playlist for ITunes

Every time ITunes starts, the smart playlist needs to reread the content. If the contents of some smart playlist are not constantly changing, you can turn off its Automatic Updates or copy the content into a normal list.

47. HP printer drivers often cause problems and take up a lot of processor time, so keep an eye on the HP Printer utility in the Activity monitor and uninstall it if it often consumes 80% to 100% of the resources. Sometimes it's better to use a basic drive than a full suit.

48. If not used, please note that Classic is closed

49. Run "Software Update"

The latest software updates can improve speed and solve some problems.

50. Update other applications

In most cases, the software is always better than the new version. Focus on MacUpdate or VersionTracker or other similar sites to obtain updated software information in a timely manner.

51. Add Memory

Although this is a way to spend money, this is the most effective way to improve performance.

52. Restart Computer

With so many steps down, maybe it's time to restart the computer. If you're like Me (the original author) to choose Sleep when most computers are not available, it's also helpful to restart. Users who choose to turn off the computer when they are not using the computer can ignore it.