Something else that might speed up your computer --

If the computer has been on continuously for several days, save all the files you have open. Close down the programs, and turn it off for 30 seconds and restart it. THat helps mine somtimes...

My computer gives me troble when MS Word for Mac is open along with the FTP program I use to load my website or when I open I-Tunes. WORD is like that with other programs. WORD is nasty when I keep five or six or more text files open with short stories. I-Tunes just seems to tackle the entire machine and use it all.

I used to open DAILY KOS, AmericaBlog, Crooks and Liars, FIREDOGLAKE, Huffington Post and POLITICO all at once in browser tabs. THat slowed my internet response down to shit, especially when those site loaded their advertisements.

Also, sites like the WASHINGTON POST and DRUDGE keep reloading themselves every 60 to 90 seconds and that slows a machine down. They count each reload as a hit on their advertisements and the goofballs pay them for each hit.

He is running a mac with OS-X 10.4. I did some research on cleaning programs, however most are a pay, but one, this one requires some skill to remove issues, its called IceClean.

http://download.cnet.com/IceClean/3000- ... 39777.html

it may or may not work on his 10.4 OS but its worth a try.

Ken

One more thing - cut down on the number of programs that run automatically on start-up. When programs are active, even though you're not using them, it's like revving the engine of a parked car - it still uses gas. Computers become crash prone when there are too many programs on at the same time. All those excess programs burn up your computer's resources.

You must have some kind of utility program that lets you pick which programs run on start-up. (In Windows, it's the System Configuration Utility.) Find this, and eliminate programs from start-up that you only use occasionally. It will speed up everything. You're not removing these programs. When you want them, click on their icons and wait 5-10 seconds instead of having them go on instantly.

I am a mac user, if your are using Safari, clic on Safari in the menu then clic re-instal, then a window will open and you may choose what you want to be re-instal. When I do so, I check every things, that will empty the cache and all cookies and your system will speed up. It works for me.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:16 pm I had a Mac program scan my system: it said I had 5,653 junk files. In addition, what used to take 5 seconds to load in the past, takes 45 seconds to over a minute to load now.

Mac,

If your browser is slow (Safari, right?), here's something that you can do quickly: quit out of it, then go to your Home directory (house icon on the left side of the Finder window), then go to Library, then Safari. Delete all the files EXCEPT 'Bookmarks.plist' (that's your bookmarks). Once you re-launch Safari, the difference will be like night and day!

Same with your cookies; Preferences -> Security -> Show Cookies, and then delete the cookies.

Run Disk Utility and repair the Disk Permissions; you might also want to boot from your Install CD or an external drive and repair the disk. It may or may not make a difference, but it doesn't hurt.

There's a good utility called OnyX that cleans up a *lot* of stuff that's on your drive, *including* stuff that's under the hood, like Unix log files, etc. Not too difficult to use, and it cleans up things very well.

Another thing you might want to try is called Monolingual. When software is installed, it has a *lot* of different language files, plus, if you have a universal binary, it contains code for *both* Intel *and* PowerPC architectures! If you're only using an Intel-based Mac, you don't really need the PowerPC stuff, so you can remove it. You can free up a *lot* of disk space that way!!!

If you need an anti-virus, check out Sophos at http://www.sophos.com . They have a free version that works well, and given that there are *far* fewer Mac viruses than PC, it's not a big issue.

Hope that helps!!!

-YPA