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18) Delete iTunes Songs
If you have millions of iTunes songs it has to put all that information into its preference file. Remove any usused songs to reduce the size of the files iTunes uses to load.
19) Remove iTunes Plugins
Going along the same vein as the Firefox plugin tip. Delete any unused iTunes plugins. Delete them by removing the files from the iTunes plugin folder.
20) Empty The Trash
Give your Mac fewer items to track by deleting the Trash. Trash files are stored in numerous locations on your disk. Emptying the Trash will save disk space and gain you a small amount of speed when opening Finder.
21) Remove Any Languages Your Don’t Use
Your Mac and the applications on it use a lot of different language files. Use a tool like monolingual to remove any language files you don’t use. Please note people have experienced problems with this tip.
22) Remove Startup Items
Remove the number of start up items for your account by removing them. In the Accounts System Preferences Pane, under Login Items delete any items you don’t use.
23) Log Straight In
Every time you Mac starts to bring you the login screen it takes up time to load the accounts screen. If you only use one account set it to log straight into that account under Login Options in the Accounts Preference Pane.
24) Repair Disk Permissions
In Disk Utilities, repair the disk permissions for your Mac disk. Enables improved performance. Not a big one mind, but does help if you have a two year old Mac and have never run this command.
25) Verify Computer Disks
Again under Disk Utilities verify your connected disks. This is to make sure your computer doesn’t bump into any damaged blocks.
18) Delete iTunes Songs If you have millions of iTunes songs it has to put all that information into its preference file. Remove any usused songs to reduce the size of the files iTunes uses to load. 19) Remove iTunes Plugins Going along the same vein as the Firefox plugin tip. Delete any unused iTunes plugins. Delete them by removing the files from the iTunes plugin folder. 20) Empty The Trash Give your Mac fewer items to track by deleting the Trash. Trash files are stored in numerous locations on your disk. Emptying the Trash will save disk space and gain you a small amount of speed when opening Finder. 21) Remove Any Languages Your Don’t Use Your Mac and the applications on it use a lot of different language files. Use a tool like monolingual to remove any language files you don’t use. Please note people have experienced problems with this tip. 22) Remove Startup Items Remove the number of start up items for your account by removing them. In the Accounts System Preferences Pane, under Login Items delete any items you don’t use. 23) Log Straight In Every time you Mac starts to bring you the login screen it takes up time to load the accounts screen. If you only use one account set it to log straight into that account under Login Options in the Accounts Preference Pane. 24) Repair Disk Permissions In Disk Utilities, repair the disk permissions for your Mac disk. Enables improved performance. Not a big one mind, but does help if you have a two year old Mac and have never run this command. 25) Verify Computer Disks Again under Disk Utilities verify your connected disks. This is to make sure your computer doesn’t bump into any damaged blocks. 26) Test Your RAM You have been trying to save all RAM with these little tips but you really need to make sure that your RAM is working. Use a tool like memtest to test to make sure it works. 27) Quit Unused Programs Mac’s have the habit of keeping programs running when you hit the close button on any window. Close any unused programs by Command + Tabbing through your open applications and closing them. You can save a lot of unused RAM this way. 28) Remove Unused System Preference Panes All those extra system preference panes have to be loaded into your computers RAM when it is opened. If you don’t use them delete them. Right click on any unused Preference Pane and select Remove. 29) Switch Off Universal Access, Bluetooth, Speech Recognition, and Internet Sharing All handy little tools that can improve features on your Mac but if you are not using them they are taking up RAM which could be used by other computers. Go into all of your preference panes and switch off any features you don’t need. 30) Close Widgets Widgets can be the biggest memory hogs of all. Close any widgets your don’t use. You will be surprised in the amount of RAM you can save. If you are interested you can find my widget here. 31) Disable Dashboard If you don’t use Dashboard at all you can save your login by disabling it. Although Dashboard doesn’t run until it is called for you can save some time during login with this simple little snippet. Change the YES to NO to reverse the effect.
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