Tips For Speeding Up X

glurx · February 16, 2002 10:05PM

<a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com"; target="_blank">Accelerate Your Mac</a> has posted an extensive <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/os_x_performance_tips.html"; target="_blank">list of tips</a> for making OSX faster. If you know of any others please share them here.

junkyard dawg · February 17, 2002 4:21AM

Buy a new Powermac G5 when they come out.

thinkingdifferent · February 17, 2002 4:08PM

Load up on memory..

ghost_user_name · February 17, 2002 4:18PM

Throw it harder.

Seriously, tho: more RAM, more RAM, more RAM.

existenz · February 17, 2002 5:24PM

My G4 466 got 3 times faster after adding 512mb ram to my current 128mb.

thinkingdifferent · February 17, 2002 8:18PM

I've read where you can creat a seperate swap partion which increases performance.

ghost_user_name · February 17, 2002 9:49PM

[quote]Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent:

I've read where you can creat a seperate swap partion which increases performance.<hr></blockquote>

Swapping your swap to another partition on the same drive won't make much difference; it's still accessing the same drive. Moving it to a different drive, however...

mike taylor · February 18, 2002 9:56AM

MacJanitor has made my iMac 400 DV And my 733 G4 much snappier. Once a week I run the daily/weekly routines. Once a month I run the monthly. While some say it make no difference (and keeping in mind my macs are off when I'm not using them) it works for me. Far fewer KPs too.

My 2 cents worth.

macsrock · February 18, 2002 10:52AM

try <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=13447&db=macosx"; target="_blank">MOX Optimize</a> and <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11967&db=mac"; target="_blank">TinkerTool</a>

kidred · February 18, 2002 10:51PM

Actually, 2 tips that worked for me (on my dual gig) are

Use generic folder icons whereever possible, this speeds up contexual menus in the dock nicely when scanning a drive.

I got Duality and got a Aqua theme that had opaque menus and windows so there were no transparencies. Now the menus are just as fast as in 9.

sizzle chest · February 18, 2002 11:10PM

I too was really surprised at the difference it made getting rid of transparency with a theme installed through Duality.

eat@me · February 19, 2002 2:26PM

[quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

I too was really surprised at the difference it made getting rid of transparency with a theme installed through Duality.<hr></blockquote>

reconfigure the machOS kernal.

cdhostage · February 19, 2002 7:20PM

From the first link

Disable font smoothing via a program called "Tinkertool". Font smoothing takes out the "snap" from Mac OS 9. It does this greatly to Mac OS X too. You have to first REPLACE the Arial and Times New Roman fonts in Mac OS X with the updated versions from Microsoft.com.

WTF!!!

ghost_user_name · February 19, 2002 7:56PM

[quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

You have to first REPLACE the Arial and Times New Roman fonts in Mac OS X with the updated versions from Microsoft.com.

WTF!!!<hr></blockquote>

Yes, those two fonts were corrupt when Microsoft first gave them to Apple to distribute. They work in many cases, but cause ugly ugly problems in others. You should replace them from MS's web site immediately.

bigc · February 20, 2002 1:13AM

[quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:



Yes, those two fonts were corrupt when Microsoft first gave them to Apple to distribute. They work in many cases, but cause ugly ugly problems in others. You should replace them from MS's web site immediately.<hr></blockquote>

What is the date of the updated font from M$. I have Dec 21 2001 for Arial

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