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    Need Advice for best optimised MacOS for Intel i9 MBP 2019 15" 16GB / 550GB.

    I need all the gurus advice on this topics, as I don't have the time to test various OS myself. My target is on the performance which includes heat participation. Thank you in advance. 1. Catalina 2. Big Sur 3. Ventura
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    Ultimate iOS 9 Performance Guide for A5 Devices

    I have recently taken an interest in early iOS devices as nostalgic purpose-built tools to enhance both recreation and productivity, as well as primitive touchscreen-based prototypes for what would eventually become the Apple Silicon Macs. One device of note being an iPad 3 that I happen to own...
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    • faster ios 9 ipad 2 ipad 3 ipad mini iphone 4s ipod touch 5 optimization performance slow
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 9
  3. purdnost

    How Does iCloud Optimized Storage Impact Media Transfers to Mac?

    Instead of storing all my media solely on iCloud, I regularly move my iPhone photos and videos to the Photos app on my Mac. If I have optimized storage activated, which replaces full-resolution media with smaller versions, I wonder if the transfer retrieves the originals from iCloud or the...
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    • icloud mac media optimization optimize photos settings storage transfers
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iOS 17
  4. Alvin777

    Ways to Optimize Crucial MX500 for both macOS, Windows Boot Camp & PC?

    Hello Apple friends, any tips how to optimize the MX500 (500GB for the PC, 1TB for my Late 2015 5K iMac 2TB Fusion but only the hardisk is working. The 1TB will be run on a USB 3.0 external dock back up first then I'll open up the iMac later, I do have a 1TB NVME, so later it'll be 2TB total no...
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    macOS Optimizing Applescript

    Hey, I'm looking to optimize this applescript, ideally with an idle handler, though I haven't been able to make that work all that well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! local trackID tell application "Spotify" to activate -- launches spotify repeat while application "Spotify" is...
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    External hard drive defragging/optimization?

    I've often heard that Macs don't need to be defragged, but I have a 8tb external usb drive that is getting slow; when I open a folder sometimes I need to wait a few seconds to see the contents (when the drive is mounted and awake). I still have 5tb available on this drive. At this link I saw...
  7. nebojsak

    Coriolis Systems gone for good, all software versions now offered for free

    https://coriolis-systems.com Another piece of history is gone :( but kudos for those guys.
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    • idefrag ipartition optimization partitioning
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  8. Ebru

    Calling iPhone regs and pros. Questions by a noob.

    Jumped ship from android devices last year and got the 6s. I’ll be receiving the 8 tomorrow and have some questions for the elite. I recently learned about the whole battery cycle thing and I want to make sure I get the best out of this new device so here are a few questions... 1. Will we have...
  9. MikeyN

    Taming Sierra for privacy, security, battery life, running cool and general sanity

    The advent of SIP was another step into the walled garden that Apple wants its users to dwell in, doing not much more as pondering how to best spend more money on Apple products. If Sierra would have been a well designed and developed OS then SIP might have been actually a welcome hardening...
    • MikeyN
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    • freedom lockdown optimization performance issues privacy processes security sierra
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  10. Z

    Transforming Leopard into Snow Leopard

    This is just something I raised up at the LeopardRebirth thread, but let me get into this here because I think this could be a fully-fledged topic on its own... What do you think it would take to optimize, tune, tweak, and potentially bug-fix Leopard for it to raise to Snow Leopard level...
    • z970
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    • leopard optimization snow leopard speed stability
    • Replies: 94
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    iOS A Couple of Questions About iOS Programming

    I'm in the process of writing my first App that I will publish to the App Store (Xcode 8, iOS 10). I plan on doing most of the code writing without a developer account then buying one when I reach a point where it's required (CloudKit). As I am going out of pocket for this app, I plan to...
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    What causes my MBP to only get half of my SSD's max speeds?

    Howdy, I have a mid 2010 13 inch Macbook Pro 7,1 running 10.10.5 and I have replaced the stock 5400 rpm drive with a Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 480GB SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226372 I got Trim Enabler running and did all of the optimization/upkeep I've seen...
    • JLMORIART
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    • 13 inch 2010 bottleneck macbook pro mushkin optimization read ssd write
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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