Mac Speed Tweaks

These are some methods using which you can speed up your Mac :)

- Disable Spotlight Completely: 
This will stop mds and mdworker forever. Two processes that often use lots of cpu and ram.
some program require the metadata server(mds).

$ sudo mdutil -a -v -i off$ sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Support/*
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS
$ sudo mv Search _Search
$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/
$ sudo mv Search.bundle/ Search2.bundle/
$ sudo killall SystemUIServer 

This will stop file indexation services and remove the spotlight icon in menubar.

- Disable Swapping:
disables memory swapping, not useful.

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist$ sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile* 

- Remove Sleepimage: (huge file)
This file is a by-product of Safe Sleep and it's basically a saved state of your Mac's memory when it goes to sleep. MacBooks especially use this file to save your contents before the battery completely loses its charge.

$ sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage$ pmset -g | grep hibernatemode $ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 

Enjoy :)

Optimized Speeding Project

I would start off by saying to install the following programs

- TuneUp Utilities™ 2012
- CCleaner


Once you install CCleaner from the the website above I linked you too as it's the only free program, the other website is a program you have to pay for it.

Let's get started once you install CCleaner it's going to look like this once you install it fully.

Once you open it up then you’re going to want to click on "Analyze"

Once you click on "Analyze" you’re going to want to view the results and then choose "Run Cleaner"

Once you choose the option "OK" you should be great to go for that portion in "CCleaner" Let's move on to fixing all of your registry errors. Open up "CCleaner" again and choose on "Registry" tab.

Once you click on "Registry" you'll want to choose the following option "Scan For Issues..."

Once you’re scanning for your issues give it about a minute then choose the following option

Make sure to click the option "Yes" and it will fix all of your registry errors. Let's move on to removing un-needed programs. You're going to want to re-open your "CCLeaner" and choose on "Tools"

Remove all of the programs you don't need or use anymore to remove space on your hard drive to set it free .

Let's move on to the "TuneUp Utilities™ 2012" portion.
Click on the "TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance" program, and open it up and it should look like this

Once you let it run, keep it running for about 5-10 minutes just to show the status of how your computer is and it's showing you all of the programs when it's finished such like this

Once you see the programs and go threw them you can now choose "Run Maintenance” and when it's finished it should look like this.

Go into CMD and type in "msconfig"

Once you hit enter it will show this

Un-check things you don't use and reboot.
Should have a slightly faster boot time.

Congratulations now you have a fully optimized computer ready for faster and better use.


Enjoy :)