HOW TO SPEEDUP YOUR MAC INSTANTLY FOR FREE.

As we all know, when a Mac computer was first bought everything seems to be running very fast and there were no problems whatsoever to be found. Especially Mac has a good reputation for reliability and durability as compared with an ordinary PC. But often after a few months of constant usage, you find your Mac starts to slow down, Hard disk space is filling up quick and applications are getting sluggish, and to your frustration and confusion you think to yourself why this is happening? Well you are not alone facing such problems. Here, I am going to show you a few basic ways on how to make your Mac computer, as good and new, like the day you brought it home from the shop.

1. CLEAN UP YOUR DESKTOP.

Usually Mac's users tend to save files and documents on their desktops and over a long period, their desktops are covered with dozens of unused icons, which causes Mac performance to slow down.

You might wonder why that is so? Well, Mac OS X actually treats each desktop icon as its own Window, which consume system resource memory and if you are not careful, they will slow down your system without you even aware of it. I suggest you move those icons (files and documents) away from your desktop to other locations so that it will improve your computer performance.

2. DISABLE DASHBOARD.

Dashboard widgets are very handy tools on Mac OS X, but they consume RAM memory and sometimes they are left running on the background which takes up heaps of RAM memory, and leaves behind less RAM available for other applications that you are actually running. Without sufficient amount of RAM memory in your system, any application you run is not going to run efficiently. Well, I suggest you consider disabling some dashboard widgets that you think you don't use so that you can speedup your Mac.

3. SPEEDUP SAFARI.

Safari is a blazing fast and easy to use browser, but it can go slow if your browsing history and caches piles up or if it is storing heaps of Auto fill entries. So regularly ensuring to clear all your browsing history and caches will keep your browser healthy and fast. One easy way is to go to the application menu and reset everything by selecting Safari > Reset Safari, which will clear all your browser's history and caches.

By default, Safari homepage is Apple's site which usually takes a while to load up every time you turn your browser on. I would suggest you change that to Google homepage which will load up faster. When changing Google as your homepage, make sure you turn off auto complete function as it will slow down your browser. To do so just start up your browser and on the address column type: http://www.google.com/webhpcomplete=0&Hl=en. Once Google homepage is launched, you can set it as your homepage by going to your Safari Menu bar and click onto Safari, then click on Preferences, go to Homepage and click "Set to Current page".Now you are done and the next time you launch your browser Google will be your homepage, and you will notice how fast your browser loads up.

4. TURN OFF UNIVERSAL ACCESS.

Apple has included a number of special features in System Preferences. Some of those features may not be useful to you, such as Universal Access, Bluetooth, Speech Recognition and Internet Sharing. If you think you don't use any of these features, I would suggest you disable them as they will save you some RAM memory and helps speedup your processor.

Ok Hope the above information can be of some use to you to speedup your Mac.

Joe

Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO FIX WINDOWS 7 BOOT CAMP ERROR 2753 ON YOUR MAC.

 

If you are running Windows 7 on boot camp 3.3 or higher on your Mac and discovered that it doesn't work, and you want to uninstall it, but an error 2753 kept on popping up on your computer screen indicating that you cannot uninstall it. Then you can do the following to resolve the problem.

DELETE "APPLEOSSMGR.EXE" FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER

First click START, click on Computer, double click on Bootcamp (C:) and double click on Windows, double click on System32 and then browse for AppleOSSMgr.exe and delete it. Once you have done that, you can reinstall boot camp 3.0 (which comes with your Mac OS X installation disk) and then upgrade it to boot camp 3.1 or higher. You can download boot camp 3.1 from the link here:http://mac.brothersoft.com/apple-boot-camp-3.1-for-windows-32-bit.html. Reboot your computer after you have finished the installation.

Hope it works for you.

Joe

Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO SPEEDUP MAC BOOT UP

Is your Mac getting a bit sluggish and slow to startup lately? Well there are many reasons that cause your Mac to slow down. In this article I am going to show you how to speedup your Mac's boot up time. Here are a few tips that you can follow to restore your Mac startup time to full speed without spending a penny and investing in hardware upgrades.

 

RESETTING PRAM.

In Mac OS X, a small amount of memory called PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory) stores certain settings which Mac computer can access quickly. These settings include your Mac designated startup disk, display resolution, speaker volume and other vital information. Resetting PRAM will help to refresh your Mac startup memory. To reset PRAM on your Mac, just shut down your computer. Locate and hold down Command, Option, P, and R keys, and turn on your computer. Continue holding the keys down until you hear the startup sound for the second time, then only release the keys and your computer will startup.

RUN ONYX

Onyx is a utility that helps to verify the computer startup disk and its system files. This utility helps to configure the hidden parameters of the Mac applications and maintain your system speed. It can help you with checking SMART status on your disks and configure the Dock, Finder, Spotlight and Dashboard. You can also run Onyx to delete caches, temporary files and history from your computer. Regularly cleaning your Mac with Onyx will help to speedup your computer. You can download Onyx for free here: http://download.cnet.com/OnyX-Lion/3000-18512_4-75531645.html

RUN DISK PERMISSIONS.

Disk permissions are a disk utility that helps to verify and repair your disk for permission differences. In Mac OS X Lion or earlier version, when the user run disk verification or repair disk permissions, Disk Utility searches and reviews each of the .bom files in /Library/Receipts/ and compares its list to the actual permissions on each file listed. If the permissions differ, Disk Utility will report and list out the difference (and corrects them) if you use the Repair feature. Running disk permissions regularly will definitely ensure that your Mac runs smoothly and startup faster.

Hope this article can help you to tweak your Mac's startup speed.

Joe

Sydney, Australia.