Comments on: Speed up Mac OS X Leopard

By: Jorseff

Jorseff — Wed, 04 May 2011 06:12:08 +0000

Thanks a lot for this, a really great tutorial. By far the biggest improvement came from the iDefrag.

I was under the impression (like most) that HFS+ magically didn’t need defragmenting. Ran the full defrag though and I’m really glad I did! Boot up time as halved and applications now open near instantaneously. Seems to have made my three year old Macbook like new again.

Cheers!

By: Raxonon

Raxonon — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:47:31 +0000

One important tool is missing from this list.
The Stellar speed up Mac is one of the most easy to use tool I have ever used on my Mac. It simply removes all my unused data and unnecessary applications.

By: Speed up Mac OS X Leopard Locomotion | Chicago Mac/PC Support

Speed up Mac OS X Leopard Locomotion | Chicago Mac/PC Support — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:31:43 +0000

... Speed up Mac OS X Leopard Locomotion. These tips will work for Snow Leopard as well. I have another list of 50 speed tips for Mac in another post if you search this website. This is a shorter and faster way but if this doesn’t help enough, you might benefit from using those other suggestions as well. ...

By: Raxonon

Raxonon — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:22:12 +0000

I have used the Stellar speed Up Mac for my Mac OSX. It cleared all the language files , cache, dumped large files, binary files of my applications and removed all my useless mac applications.
Now I have my Mac renewed and running like a new one.

By: kevin michael

kevin michael — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:09:01 +0000

If one is going to repair permissions in Disk Utility, one should do it in, “Safe Boot”, especially after installation of any Adobe software.
Safe Boot = starting your Mac with the SHIFT key held down, the Login window will have the words Safe Boot in red letters. Then reboot after repairing perrmissions.

Or just get AppleJack which can be run from Single User Mode, it is donationware/freeware.

By: Clean up mac

Clean up mac — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:30:14 +0000

I think Disable Dashboard Widgets is not permanent solution to improve the performance of Mac System we need something that remove all Widgets and unwanted documents which are not used by us.
http://hubpages.com/hub/speed-up-mac-by-cleanup-mac-disk

By: Adam West

Adam West — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:18:28 +0000

Thank you very much. Your advice has helped tremendously.
-AW

By: jjkc_9000

jjkc_9000 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:24:55 +0000

Many thanks, very helpful.

By: jeru

jeru — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:29:08 +0000

how about deleting all the extra Printer Info Folders?

By: MacBook Pro Performance Resources and Tips | Sara Isenberg Web Consulting & Project Management

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:06:47 +0000

... I found this post the other day on StumbleUpon – http://simplestation.com/locomotion/speed-up-mac-os-x-leopard/ . Lots of good little tips ...