doobin

<p>Hi Doobin</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

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<p>I've noticed that a clutter free desktop helps, I read a few years ago about it but cant recall exactly why. It also assists re-start time but TBH I dont often reboot my MacBook, I just shut the lid as it starts near instantly from sleep.</p>

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<p>Some things that may impact performance:</p>

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<p>Too many programs start on start-up</p>

<p>large number of e-mails in mailbox, some people hoard them all!</p>

<p>large number of browser add ons if you use Firefox</p>

<p>lots of smart playlists in iTunes</p>

<p>HDD nearly full, </p>

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<p>To improve speed:</p>

<p>flushing caches with Onyx - about once a year <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx" rel="external nofollow">Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com</a></p>

<p>More memory I got 16Gb from Crucial, my MBP dosnt officially support it but it goes like a train.</p>

<p>Fit larger capacity HDD or SSD if affordable = M550 or Samsung 840Pro good ones</p>

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<p>I have de-fragged my Macs but, TBH its marginal, I suspect improvement is proportional to the amount of data on the disk</p>

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<p>Noel</p>