Speed Tips..

[OwenMeasures]

Guys,

Need your help.. i have read a few forums to look for way to speed up my mac but they are pretty basic ways and i know them already. Do any of you guys know of any different ways to speed up a iMac?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

SSD, more RAM, reinstalling Mac OS X and getting rid of all the junk.

Or you could tell us what is wrong with your Mac.

Btw, keep away from CleanMyMac, as it can lead to an un-bootable or corrupt system. And don't delete stuff you think it is there for nothing, unless you understand Mac OS X a bit better.

 

[OwenMeasures]

Oh believe me i have already made that mistake. Funny because on my girlfriends 13" Macbook it work a treat "/

Well basically my iMac seems to be slowing down over time and i really cant be bothered keep reinstalling snow leopard!! does anyone know if Lion will have performance upgrades?

 

[Stan Mikulenka]

Hi Oven,
you don't have to re-install the Snow Leopard.
What you do is:
Clone the hard drive with app. like CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner-free program), then 'Restore' it back with 'Disk Utilities'.
Shouldn't take longer than 1~2 hrs (all together).
All you need is external hard drive to accomplish this...

 

[OwenMeasures]

I know i sound fussy but i really don't want to have to go all through all that, i want maybe some sort of tweaking program or good maintenance program.

 

[mjsmke]

Just use Disk Utility periodicaly to repare disk permissions.

How big is your HDD and how full is it?

 

[OwenMeasures]

My HDD is 500GB and have only used 30GB but just seems to be slow and im not to sure why..?

 

[mjsmke]

My HDD is 500GB and have only used 30GB but just seems to be slow and im not to sure why..?

Upgrading to a SSD will make a big improvement.

 

[mrsir2009]

If you can't afford a SSD a Hybrid 7200RPM will be a nice HDD. See my review of mine here: http://factoidz.com/seagate-momentus-xt-hard-drive-review/

Cheers