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Thursday, July 28, 2011

How to Speed Up Mac Lion | How to speed up Mac OS X 10.7

Almost all the Mac users would have faced a situation where they find their machine has become sluggish. Here we shall discuss some tricks to speed up Mac performance. 
 
Clear the Cache.
Most Mac systems either use the web browser Firefox or Safari. Both browsers have a fairly large capacity to store the names and addresses of the websites visited. As this list of records grows longer and longer with the passage of time, the performance of the web browsers starts to get negatively affected. This also slows down the performance of the OS X. Hence, it is advisable to regularly clear the history of the web pages visited every few days to keep the browser working at optimal rates. 
 
Disable Apps & Effects you can do without!
Many people use programs that automatically update their desktop settings from time to time. This involves shifting the wallpaper by automatically picking from the stored files or downloading a new one each month. Even though such functions are a great way to jazz up your computer and seem very attractive because they are extremely convenient, the truth of the matter is that they use up a lot of the computer's memory space in order to be able to function. This again slows down the working of the computer. Hence it is important to remove any applications that change the desktop settings on their own on a regular basis. It might take some effort on your part, but it's hardly anything compared to the space and time that you will be saving.

Another attractive function that causes you to use up unnecessary space and thus interfere with the working of the OS X is that of animated desktops. While animated wall papers and folder icons and function buttons might seem like fun and are certainly a great way to jazz up the computer screen and bring it to life, the energy used to sustain these adversely affects the operating system in the form of extra space and battery power, thus resulting in slowed performance. 
 
Minimize the use of Memory-intensive programs.
For those who like their favorite applications to be used, to open up each new file, for example, opening up image files with Photo shop each time, here is a word of caution: resetting the default settings and adjusting them so as to use a more complex application for a relatively simple task each time involves using up more of the computer's performance power. If you specifically want to work on a file then right click and select the desired application using the 'Open With' tab, but for the default settings allow programs like Picture Preview for opening images to function regularly. This way the application takes less time to open and the work is done, without involving extra effort on the operating system to load up all the complicated tools and functions associated with the advanced program.

The Speech Recognition software is an attractive feature of the MAC system but if you do not use it on a regular basis or are not currently employing it then go to the System Preferences option and click on Speech Recognition and turn it off to save disc space and speed. 
 
Want more performance from your Mac?
Another effective method for improving performance is with the use of Mac speed up application like Stellar Speed Up Mac. I have used this application successfully on Mac Snow Leopard. I have to test whether this application can speed up Mac Lion with the same efficiency. 
 
Join me in next post for My experience with Stellar Speed Up Mac to SpeedUp Mac OS 10.7.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

How to create free space on Mac hard drive

Stellar Speed up Mac is a Mac program that helps you to create free space on Mac hard drive. It shows the list of unused applications and data with space they are consuming.
Once you have installed the Speed up Mac launch it from Applications menu.The application will offer you three Options which are discussed here in details.
  1. SpeedUp Mac : This option is targetted to deal with the unused applications and data in main volume (bootable volume). The software removes five types of files from boot volume.
a. Large files : The size of large files can be changed by clicking the settings icon.
b. Cache and temporary files
c. Language files : The user can select the language files to deleted
d. Universal binaries
e. Duplicate files: The duplicate files kill a lot of space on hard drive. Its very difficult to find duplicate files in your hard drive but SpeedUp Mac make it easy.


The user can preserve the important files by deselecting it from the list.
  1. Clean My Mac: This module of Stellar speed up Mac is meant for both bootable volume and non-bootable volume as well.
  2. Uninstaller : This module of application developed to remove unused applications on your Mac. This section deals deletes Applications, Widgets and plugins installed in your system.

How to use Stellar SpeedUp Mac

Step 1. Choose the type of file and make the necessary changes in its setting to remove them from your Mac drive.

Step 2. Select SpeedUp Mac if you want to deal with bootable volume else click Clean my Mac and choose the volume from where you want to remove useless data and continue the process.


Step 4. Select the uninstaller to remove applications. This offers you an option to delete the unused program by just drag and drop. It will clear all the related files of that application.



One can easily remove the unwanted application by dragging them directly to this window. The installer has four options to be implemented on all the partitions of your drive.These are
  1. Applications 2. Widgets 3. Plugins 4. Uninstall
The fast performance and easy language brings this application more closer to Mac users.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Clean Up Mac disk to fix Slow Mac

With the passage of time we usually start facing the problem of spinning wheel in Mac. Our Mac starts running very slowly and it disrupts both our concentration and output.

In windows there is an inbuilt tool to cleanup disk and keep the hard drive free from junk files , cache and other leftovers. But, in Mac this is not the case. So, we need to opt for a third party tool to SpeedUp Mac performance to get rid of slow Mac. The application, I have reviewed in last couple of months, is Stellar speed up Mac.

Although it is safe to clean up Mac disk to fix Slow Mac issues with this speed up utility but still it is suggested to create a valid backup of mac data.
The application is comprised of three modules.
  1. SpeedUp Mac : This option is targetted to deal with the unused applications and data in main volume (bootable volume). The software removes five types of files from boot volume.
a. Large files
b. Cache and temporary files
c. Language files
d. Universal binaries
e. Duplicate files


One can also change the settings of these files in terms of their size, accessing frequency , file filtering and languages. The user can preserve the important files by deselecting it from the list.
  1. Clean My Mac: This module of Stellar speed up Mac is meant for both bootable volume and non-bootable volume as well. The files which are removed are aagn the same as mentioned above .
  2. Uninstaller : This option is designed to remove unused Mac applications from your machine and help you to avail free space on Mac drive. This section deal with Applications, Widgets and plugins installed in your system.


How to use Stellar SpeedUp Mac

Step 1. Choose the type of file and make the necessary changes in its setting to remove them from your Mac drive.

Step 2. Select SpeedUp Mac if you want to deal with bootable volume else click Clean my Mac and choose the volume from where you want to remove useless data and continue the process.


Step 4. Select the uninstaller to remove applications. This offers you an option to delete the unused program by just drag and drop. It will clear all the related files of that application.


The installer has four options to be implemented on all the partitions of your drive.These are
  1. Applications 2. Widgets 3. Plugins

The fast performance and easy language brings this application more closer to Mac users.