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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Complete Mac Optimization Guide for Mac OS X Lion 10.7

Here we have a complete guide to optimize Mac OS X and tips to increase Mac speed via Mac cleaner software.
Energy Saver

Optimizing Energy Saver

Energy saver is optimized to free up system resources to speed up Mac and prevent the computer from going to sleep mode. Following are the steps:
  • Click the ‘Energy Saver’ preference.
  • Set the slider for ‘Put the computer to sleep…’ to ‘Never’.
  • Uncheck the box for ‘Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible’.
Turn off your machine Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

If your computer has Bluetooth and/or a Wi-Fi, please disable them if they are not needed. It will ultimately help your for Pro Tools and other software to work swiftly. Also, disabling these features can help resolve DAE errors -6085, -6086 and -6101.

Wi-Fi
  • Go to -> ‘Network’ preference.
  • On the left hand sidebar, Go to on Wi-Fi.
  • Go to on the button that says Turn Wi-Fi Off.
Bluetooth
  • Go to on the ‘Bluetooth’ preference.
  • Uncheck the box for ‘On’
Disable FireWire Networking

It will help you to clear firewire bus and avail you FireWire devices more frequently and efficiently.
  • Click on the ‘Network’ preference.
  • On the left hand sidebar, click on FireWire or Built-In FireWire.
  • Click on the drop-down menu for ‘Configure IPv4′ and choose Off.
  • Click Apply and restart your computer.
Disabling FileVault protection
  • Go to-> ‘Security & Privacy’ preference.
  • Click ‘FileVault’ tab.
  • Select ‘Turn Off FileVault’ in this window
Software Update

It is recommended to update only those applications which are important for you beacause sometimes, the software updates may cause conflicts with other software. You should disable the automatic software update to optimize Mac OS X. So, click the Apple menu in the upper left corner of your screen and choosing Software Update.
  • Go to ‘Software Update’ preference and make sure the box that is labeled ‘Check for updates:’ is unchecked.
Disabling Sudden Motion Sensor (For laptops only.)

If a user is recording in a loud environment then it is recommended to stop the motion sensor which can otherwise cause a -9073 error in Pro Tools.
  • Double-click on the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop. (This would be your system drive if you have renamed it to something else.)
  • Go to the Applications folder.
  • Go to the Utilities folder.
  • Double-click on Terminal.
  • Type sudo pmset -a sms 0 and press Return. (Typing in ’0′ disables it.)
  • Enter your administrator when prompted.
  • Type sudo pmset -g to verify that this has been applied.


Mac Cleaner to free disk space

Even if a user deletes applications from his machine, there lie some leftovers wasting useful memory in drive. System cache, useless language files, universal binearies and internet cache also fall under this class. So, it is recommended to regain free space via some Mac cleaning tool like Stellar Speed Up mac.


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