Tips to Speed up Mountain Lion performance:
Mac OS X 10.8 - Mountain Lion is Apple’s latest Mac operating system, considered to be better, faster and more advanced than Mac Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), but users are facing issues w.r.t its performance and startup. There are various tips and tricks to improve Mountain Lion performance and here we are discussing some of them.
1. Add memory to your Mac
For any computer, memory enhancement is one of the most effective ways to improve performance. This is because the RAM is required to run an application. So, more the number of apps you open , more the memory is consumed. Technically, Mountain Lion requires only 2 GB of memory to run, but practically, it’s not enough. You must increase, specially when you work with large applications , upto 4 GB. The Macbook Air users should note that unfortunately, memory cannot be upgraded at their device because it’s soldered onto the motherboard.
2. Get some free space on disk
The users should keep it in mind that your Mac must need free space at least 5% of total size of disk so as to run applications properly. Sufficient amount of disk space supports running multiple applications simultaneously. The OS uses free space on drive as virtual memory when the physical memory be insufficient. Deleting unnecessary data or compressing them can reclaim free space on disk. You can also opt for removing old or unused applications. Stellar SpeedUp Mac is the tool, you can use to cleanup your Mac drive.
3. Switch to SSD (Solid State Drive)
An SSD and an HDD with same capacity will have have different performance. An HDD performs slower than an SSD.
If you install an SSD, there are several options:
- Get an SSD for your machine and clean installation of Mountain Lion, followed by an optional Time Machine restore of your files, folders and apps (or just re-download them through the app store)
- Connect the SSD via USB (most models come with a SATA to USB adaptor) and create a clone of your existing drive on it.
4. Trim the number of Dock items
The Dock items consume your resources so, its suggested to have minimum number of items so as to save useful resources.
Follow these steps:
1. Open System Preferences and choose Dock
2. Select Scale effect under the Minimise windows using setting
3. Uncheck Animate opening applications
5. Close Unnecessary Widgets
Dashboard widgets are small apps that reduce your efforts but consume the necessary resources as well. It eat the memory even though it’s hidden out of the way. A good way to reclaim resources is close down those which you don’t use.
6. Disable Startup Items
It apps which get launched automatically at the time of startup, are called startup items. Its quite obvious that at every startup, the system would seek for more RAM. The trouble is that as you add more and more to the list, things will start becoming sluggish and ultimately a slow Mac startup.
The best way to resolve the issue is to reduce the number of items in starup list. Go to Users & Groups -> select your user account -> choose the Login Items . Here you can remove any apps that you don't need at startup.
7. Perform Clean Install of Mountain Lion
If you’ve upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion please check if your Lion itself was upgraded from Snow Leopard.
Snow Leopard -> Mac Lion -> Mountain Lion
Since, multiple upgrades can also be a major cause of slow down in Mac performance. So, it is always suggested to have a clean install to get the best of Mountain Lion.
# The fact depends on number of apps you have installed, you r machine's hardware and disk size.
8. Disk Maintenance and Optimisation
How to Speed up Mountain Lion ? This is the question which can be answered very easily. Not only Mountain Lion users but users of previous versions also, can maintain and keep their disk optimized. It’s recommended to have a regular check for any disk permission errors.
This can be done via Disk Utility. You should verify your disk and if everything is OK with a confirmation message, then its fine else, use the Repair Disk option.
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