How to improve mac computer performance ?

Question

as mac computer doesnt have any cache (lie pc) to set. I am presently using mac 1.21ghz and dont have any idea how to improve in terms of :
1. How to improve overall mac performace ? (in term of computer setting, dont tell me to buy RAM)

2. How to improve web browser (safari) performance ?, any setting to set ?

thanks,

Answer 1

Forget about Dick's suggestion. Windows and Mac OS X are like apples and oranges. See these.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintainingmacosx.html
http://www.macmerc.com/articles/Power_User_Monday_Tip_of_the_Week/255
http://macs.about.com/od/maintenance/

Answer 2

There are plenty of reasons due to which your Mac becomes slow. Some of the major reasons for the slowness of Mac are:
1. Too much icons on the desktop
2. Running un-necessary applications at the start-up of Mac OS
3. Less space for virtual memory
4. Some process taking too much memory and CPU Process
And many more…

Try to find the solution of the above mentioned points on Google in order to speed up your Mac.

Answer 3

Sounds like you are having typical "performance" issues. Here are things I usaully recommend for Windows users but check them out and give the a try.

A major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.
You need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.

A great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper 10. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.

Also, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another great program, and it's free. Go to www.sysinternals.com and download the program named "autoruns". This utility will tell you exactly what is running on your PC and provides a nice and easy way to shut down the ones you don't want to boot at start up. Once you have it installed use the tabs at the top of the window to access the various categories. If you use the "everything" tab it will overwhelm you because the list is massive. All you have to do is uncheck the box next to the program name and the program will not start at your next boot up. Hurry as this site has been bought up by Microsoft and these free programs may not be around much longer.

Another good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time. With only 256M of RAM I think you are going to be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.

Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to www.crucial.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though. If you are going to keep your PC for a substantial amount of time I recommend you see if you can easily go to 768M. This will give you plenty of RAM for anything you are running and you will usually see (on the RAM meter) that you have between 300 to 400M of RAM not being used.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

Your photo card isn't awesome at the same time as something of your gadget is respectable. you'd be ready to opt to get a sparkling photo card. I recommend getting Geforce 8800 or 9800 generations (GT or more advantageous, no GS) and once you've money purchase even extra constructive playing cards like GTX 260 or up. Your computer might want to might want to be solid to blow those video games away after the improve.

Answer 5

I never owned a mac com, so I don't have the answer. But keep checking the up coming ones.