baveris
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Q: speeding up mac

Hi,

 

I am trying to work out ways to speed up my Macbook Pro and wondered if anyone had a any good ideas?

 

I am going to remove some of my photos, music etc.. as I currently on have only 50gb left on a 300gb drive, which i hope will make a big difference, but I wanted to know if there are any 'clean up' type processes I could do to get its performance back to the level when I bought it!

 

Thanks

 

B

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Sep 8, 2013 3:44 AM

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  • by pennbank,

    pennbank pennbank Sep 8, 2013 4:31 AM in response to baveris
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    Sep 8, 2013 4:31 AM in response to baveris

    see

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147

     

    and more like this from the right of the forums

     

    Reminder that  "MacKeeper" is not recommended on these forums

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 8, 2013 5:00 AM in response to baveris
    Level 9 (52,793 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 8, 2013 5:00 AM in response to baveris

    Please indicate exactly what MBP you have and the specifications, principally RAM and HDD.

     

    Ciao.

  • by baveris,

    baveris baveris Sep 8, 2013 5:49 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Sep 8, 2013 5:49 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Hi

     

    Thanks for responding. See spec below, I hope this helps

     

    Cheers

     

    Model Name:          MacBook Pro

      Model Identifier:          MacBookPro8,1

      Processor Name:          Intel Core i5

      Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz

      Number of Processors:          1

      Total Number of Cores:          2

      L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB

      L3 Cache:          3 MB

      Memory:          4 GB

      Boot ROM Version:          MBP81.0047.B27

      SMC Version (system):          1.68f99

      Serial Number (system):          C1******RJ7

      Hardware UUID:          97C678CE-0931-5852-9142-09AC7EA1A838

      Sudden Motion Sensor:

      State:          Enabled

     

    Memory Slots:

     

      ECC:          Disabled

     

    BANK 0/DIMM0:

     

      Size:          2 GB

      Type:          DDR3

      Speed:          1333 MHz

      Status:          OK

      Manufacturer:          0x80CE

      Part Number:          0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020

      Serial Number:          0xD12BDC37

     

    BANK 1/DIMM0:

     

      Size:          2 GB

      Type:          DDR3

      Speed:          1333 MHz

      Status:          OK

      Manufacturer:          0x80CE

      Part Number:          0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020

      Serial Number:          0x802CEFBF

     

     

     

    Macintosh HD:

     

      Available:          49.36 GB (49,356,537,856 bytes)

      Capacity:          319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)

      Mount Point:          /

      File System:          Journaled HFS+

      Writable:          Yes

      Ignore Ownership:          No

      BSD Name:          disk0s2

      Volume UUID:          82C206D9-37A5-32F1-A9A5-42919B6151EC

      Physical Drive:

      Media Name:          Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 Media

      Medium Type:          Rotational

      Protocol:          SATA

      Internal:          Yes

      Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)

      S.M.A.R.T. Status:          Verified

     

     

     

     

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  • by clintonfrombirmingham,

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Sep 8, 2013 7:04 AM in response to baveris
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 8, 2013 7:04 AM in response to baveris

    See -> http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Clinton

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 8, 2013 7:29 AM in response to baveris
    Level 9 (52,793 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 8, 2013 7:29 AM in response to baveris

    From a hardware perspective, installing 8 GB RAM will help if you use RAM intensive applications.  A faster rotational HDD will speed up performance a tad but an SSD will be most noticeable.  The down side to an SSD is the cost factor.

     

    Read the following comprehensive document for areas to consider from the software and house keeping perspective:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521

     

    Do not install any third party so called 'cleaning' and/or 'performance' applications. They offer nothing that you can do yourself and all to often slow your MBP down.  Likewise if you have any commercial or paid anti-virus software, uninstall it.  It is not necessary.

     

    Ciao.