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How should I optimize my Macbook Pro to improve its performance? Is it possible to defrag the hard disk like we do on a pc running on windows?
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.4Ghz, iBook G4 (2004), iPhone 3GS, iPod, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
You shouldn't have to do anything. The most important maintenance routines run by themselves in the background. You should never have to defragment a Mac's hard drive; HFS+ handles that automatically in the background for the most part.
Some people recommend using Disk Utility to perform a Permissions Repair just before and just after installing a system update. I recommend doing that myself.
If you want to get into the habit of a monthly backup and maintenance routine, good for you. Get the backup solution of your choice (I like a combination of Time Machine and backuplist+, the former is part of Mac OS X and the latter is freeware) and a good maintenance utility (I like Onyx).
http://rdutoit.home.comcast.net/~rdutoit/pub/robsoft/pages/softw.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html
I don't agree with you, and them.
You are free to disagree, but Macs can still be infected with viruses.
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What's it matter anyways? I've already proven Macs can be infected by viruses.
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Mine is apparantly infected by you, so maybe you have a point.
Now (as JHammer so neatly phrased it) go away.
Really? But if we go with your assumption that I only named trojans and worms in my list then how do you explain Code1, Code252, Code32767, Code9811, Flag, etc.. all being in the list too? Those are actualy viruses by what you all consider a virus to be!
And btw, I am not missinformed. If I were missinformed I would not have facts. Its you who is missinformed. You just ignorantly believe, without doing any research, whatever apple or its followers claim is true.
"Mine is apparantly infected by you, so maybe you have a point.
Now (as JHammer so neatly phrased it) go away."
argumentum ad hominem
Not completly agree. Yes, Unlix/Linux/MacOS has a lot of self optimizing capabilities however data fragmentation still takes place. Data fragmentation will reduce your hard disk read write speed. Look for some tools like idefrag that does a great jobs for defragmenting your data.
If you never have done it, defrag your HD and you will see the different. trust me data fragmentatio DOES happens and yes it can be optimized
While there are exceptions for specific uses that create very large swap files, everything you said is generally wrong when talking about Mac OS X and HFS+ disks.
jpcwa, you are thrown out about a month ago. please stop harassing people here with your offtopic nonsense.
Hi John. I was searching for how to optimize my macbook pro and the latest post in Apple Support seems to be your solution, but it's dated 2011. When I tried to find the Onyx app you recommended it didn't show in the Apple Store, so I'm assuming it's out dated information now. Do you have any similar suggestions for a MacBook Pro working with Yosemite in 2015?
My specs:
OS X: Version 10.10.2 (14C109)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB
Best regards,
Curt / DJ SoulShine
I got a mid 2010 also and i put a CT480M500SSD1 in and reinstalled yosemite (internet recovery) and it runs like new. Seconds to boot and iphoto doesn't give the beach ball for more than a second on those GB libraries. Amazingly better performance.
Optimizing Macbook Pro
