99 tips For a Fast Performing MAC ( part 6 )

87) Clean Your Dock

Many people have found that a full dock has caused there computer to run slower. Clean it out by removing unused applications or stacks.

88) Block Ads With Firefox

Let web pages load quicker by blocking adverts. A lot of bandwidth, CPU and RAM is wasted with this extra content that you may not use. Use Adblock Plus for the best browsing experience.

89) Use Onyx To Run System Tasks

Use the computer program Onyx to run maintenance tasks to keep you Mac clean. One quick tip, only do tasks which you understand.

90) Use Tinker Tool

You can use Tinker Tool to remove parts of your computer that you don’t use. This can save you RAM since it doesn’t have to load and rendered by your computer. By careful before you use this tool and understand what you are doing.

91) Use MainMenu To Access Maintenance Scripts

Use a tool like MainMenu to access maintenance scripts which you can use to clean out your Mac on a daily basis.

92) Use A Smaller Screen

Having a massive 30inch monitor is nice and cool, but you computers graphics card has to render a lot of information. Use a smaller screen to free up your graphics card for other tasks.

93) Use Speed Freak To Prioitize Apps

Speed Freak can take your Mac applications and prioritize the order they are run. This enables you to give more CPU time to certain applications. The default on your Mac is that every application has the same CPU time.

94) Remove Shadows

For Tiger only, ShadowKiller can remove your shadows on your computer so you computer doesn’t have to render them. Save CPU, GPU and RAM. May look a bit funny though if you are used to shadows all this time.

95) Buy A Faster Mac

If you want a quicker Mac the best method is to buy as faster Mac. With these tips you will never make a Mac Mini into a Mac Pro, the only way of doing that is to buy a Mac Pro.

96) Learn To Touch Type

One of the biggest speed tips can be yourself. If you are a really slow typer you can save a lot of time by learning to touch type. There are hundreds of tutorials on the web about learning to touch type. Stop looking at the keyboard and learn where the keys are. Even better would be to learn Dvorak.

97) Reduce Finder Icon Size

In your Finder windows if you have massive icons, it means your computer has to render a massive amount of information. Reduce the size of the icons through the Show View Options.

98) Disable Spotlight For External Drives

Using Spotlight can be a major hog on resources. You can switch off Spotlight for external drives by adding it to the list under the Spotlight option in System Preferences.

99) Read Applekita

The best tip of them all. If you want to keep up to date with the latest speed tips. I regularly post tips to speed up your Mac and make it as fast as possible...:D