“I am faster than my
Mac”, “My Mac is low like hell”, “Mac takes longer time to
boot up” etc. Are you facing any of these or a similar
performance issue with your Mac? If yes, this article is going to
enlighten you about the factors affecting the performance of a Mac
machine and their respective resolutions.
Just like in Windows
operating system, Mac OS X also meets slowdown issues and the users
often complain regarding its poor performance. That annoying spinning
colored beach ball appearing frequently denotes that system needs
optimization. It sometimes does not disappear
and bother you to kill the running process or perhaps for a force
shutdown by pressing and holding the power button. This may eliminate
the situation causing a long dead session of spinning beach ball;
however, you may be on the edge of losing your data due to file
system corruption.
As
several optimization software for Mac are available on the Internet,
you can try them. Moreover, try a few common below mentioned tips to
resolve the issues, and hence improve
Mac performance:
Remove
Startup Items
The startup actions
created by a few newly installed applications on a Mac machine
execute every time it boots up and utilize
system resources, such as RAM, Processor etc. These activities
minimize startup speed of the Mac machine. Remove these startup items
by going to System Preferences-> Accounts and clicking the ‘Login
Items’ tab. Next, select the application name and click (-) button
to remove it.
Desktop
Cleanup
Desktop is loaded every
time you turn a Mac machine ON. More the number
of docks and icons located on the desktop, longer will be the time
consumed in system startup. Moreover, resources utilization would be
even higher and may grow into deadlock. Remove these objects from the
desktop to get an accelerated startup.
Upgrading
the Hardware
RAM
(Random Access Memory) is the primary memory in a computer that is
responsible for executing each process you initiate. RAM upgrade is
much cheaper and reliable as compared to upgrading a processor. A Mac
machine must have 2GB minimum RAM or upgrade it to 4GB if you run
memory-intensive applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Dream Viewer
etc.
As
hardware upgrade is not much suitable for every user, choosing an
efficient speedup software to improve Mac performance would be a better
option. These software thoroughly scan complete Mac hard drive and
automatically eliminates the causes of poor performance of Mac.
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