Its Like Bran, but for your Apple!
*NOTE: THIS POST WAS EDITED BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE PART IN STEP 3.
talk about unclogging, this techniques is TECH NINE! YEAH!
k so i had no internet, and i was losing patience. twiddling away at this, reconfiging that, uploading, downloading, interloading and otherwise wasting my time, i finally decided on the apple tech support route.
normally a long and fruitless journey, i saved that one as my "last option" option. only this time, it worked wonderfully. WUUHOO! so i spoke with some dude who not only was able to walk through unclogging my computer, but he also emailed me walkthroughs of what we did for my records, in case i want to do it again.
the process was simple, and the results were plentifull: super fast start up time, quickloading internet browsing, faster up/down times, faster file xfer via wifi betwixt machines.
heres how:
1) kill you caches. under user, library, take your entire "caches" folder and throw it away. assumedly the OS regens when it needs to. also do the same for the system caches (/yourhd/library/caches).
2)in syspref, users, admin, turn off all the auto-start up shite. (i had itunes, salling clicker and usb-overdrive set to boot upon sys-boot).
3) turn off. when you power up, press and hold " command + option + P and R" untill you hear a second F# chord (that gong noise). this resets your "parameter RAM" aka "PRAM." PRAM is this little battery powered memory section that stores system setting (parameters) and such and- periodically- gets clogged up, and needs rebooting.
at this point my shite booted in record time, downloaded at record speeds, and was able to successfully check gmail- all three of which were serious milestones.
if you or your machine is feeling a bit slow, perhaps you should investigate doing this as well. i am much happier now, and i think euclid is aswell.
happing typing...
talk about unclogging, this techniques is TECH NINE! YEAH!
k so i had no internet, and i was losing patience. twiddling away at this, reconfiging that, uploading, downloading, interloading and otherwise wasting my time, i finally decided on the apple tech support route.
normally a long and fruitless journey, i saved that one as my "last option" option. only this time, it worked wonderfully. WUUHOO! so i spoke with some dude who not only was able to walk through unclogging my computer, but he also emailed me walkthroughs of what we did for my records, in case i want to do it again.
the process was simple, and the results were plentifull: super fast start up time, quickloading internet browsing, faster up/down times, faster file xfer via wifi betwixt machines.
heres how:
1) kill you caches. under user, library, take your entire "caches" folder and throw it away. assumedly the OS regens when it needs to. also do the same for the system caches (/yourhd/library/caches).
2)in syspref, users, admin, turn off all the auto-start up shite. (i had itunes, salling clicker and usb-overdrive set to boot upon sys-boot).
3) turn off. when you power up, press and hold " command + option + P and R" untill you hear a second F# chord (that gong noise). this resets your "parameter RAM" aka "PRAM." PRAM is this little battery powered memory section that stores system setting (parameters) and such and- periodically- gets clogged up, and needs rebooting.
at this point my shite booted in record time, downloaded at record speeds, and was able to successfully check gmail- all three of which were serious milestones.
if you or your machine is feeling a bit slow, perhaps you should investigate doing this as well. i am much happier now, and i think euclid is aswell.
happing typing...
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