[X Newbies] OSX Trim The Fat

[David Crandon]

I found running Speed Disk with the OSX profile made  a noticeable
difference in finder performance. I have never noticed much of an
improvement in OS9 in the past.

David Crandon

Miles wrote:
> 
> On 12/12/02 8:28 PM, "Nigel Williamson" <nigel.williamson at mojo.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hey,
> >
> > Just subscribed to the list. Howdy. 8)
> >
> > I'm running X.2 on my G4PB 550/512/20G with average results. It gets
> > pretty sluggish with any more than 4 or 5 apps running generally.
> >
> > My question is... Is there any bits of the OS I can delete that will
> > make it run faster? Apart from the obvious printer drivers, modem
> > scripts, languages crap... what else can I do to make it run faster?
> > I'm running a shadowkiller app... but I'm not sure that makes it any
> > quicker. I'm considering installing X on my external 80G FW drive as
> > it's faster and has more space than my internal. What do you think?
>  Do NOT delete parts of the OS to make it go faster. That was something that
> worked on earlier versions. However, that is no longer the case. There are
> other things that you can do, though. For one thing, go over macosxhints.com
> they had a list of how to tweak things so that less of the processor is tied
> up dealing with Aqua. Things like dealing with antialiasing and whatnot.
>   I have had my system folder on an external drive before, but didn't seem
> to notice anything faster. If anything I think that it was a little slower.
>   Has your machine been able to run the cron clean up tasks that are set to
> work at 0315? I have seen others make the observation that their machine was
> noticeably slower when the maintenance scripts weren't able to run. I think
> that I would try that first. Miles
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