How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance

  • November 3, 2009
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If your Mac is moving slower than a turtle, try speeding up its performance with these steps.

You Will Need

  • A Mac computer
  • Internet access
How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Remove startup items

Step 1: Remove startup items

Remove unneeded startup items. Click the apple, go to System Preferences, and click on Accounts. Go to the Login Items tab, and deselect any applications that you don’t want to launch every time you login.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Shrink dock

Step 2: Shrink dock

Shrink the size of the dock in System Preferences under dock. Also deselect Animate Opening Applications.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Turn off sharing

Step 3: Turn off sharing

Turn off Sharing under Internet, and Network in System Preferences, if you are not networking between multiple computers.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Remove other applications

Step 4: Remove other applications

Remove any unused applications under Other. Control click and select remove.

If you’re on a laptop, check the Options under Energy Saver in System Preferences to make sure the processor performance is on the highest setting.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Turn off widgets

Step 5: Turn off widgets

Turn off unused widgets in the dashboard. Click F12, and uncheck any widgets you don’t regularly use.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Delete unused files

Step 6: Delete unused files

Delete unused applications and files to clear space on your computer.

Download a maintenance application such as OnyX or Main Menu to clear out your computer’s cache.

How To Optimize Your Mac's Performance: Run activity monitor

Step 7: Run activity monitor

Check what programs are running by opening your activity monitor in the utilities folder. Turn off any you aren’t using.

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