Mac Boost
Ran some apps the other day which boosted the speed of my com significantly. While they were hell to run (computer basically ground to a halt), the end results are simply marvelous.
*endorses*
I will run them down in the order of ease-of-use, which also dictates how well does it work for your computer.
iStat Pro
An add on to your Dashboard that enables you to monitor certain parameters like CPU, memory and disk usage, network speeds and temperature of various components.
Other important functions would include fan speed and processes. Useful for monitoring unnecessary apps; though its something you can do via Activity Monitor, it just takes effort to open another program just to monitor your 'puter.
iStat Pro, completely FOC.
Fan Control (iMac version
iStat Pro indicated that an idling CPU had a steady core temp of 56˚C (room temperature dependant) with a fan speed of 1998rpm.
While this was sufficient for normal use, it tended to create abit of discomfort as the heat transfers itself to the entire chassis, which is also where I place my palms on.
I downloaded Fan Control, which was an add on to System Preferences.
Linear graph to control your fan speeds.
My uneducated guesses tell me that the graph should taper off gently at the top as the efficiency of heat transfer increases with the increase of temperature differences; though I'm slightly inclined to believe that the same would apply to the heatsink - chassis relationship.
Core temperature is 48˚C (earlier 56˚C) while the fan is running at 2106rpm (1998rpm). I would definitely expect a drop in battery performance but the palm rests are alot more comfortable now, besides I'm on AC power most of the time except when I'm out for meetings which rarely last anything more than 2 hours.
Xslimmer
Perfect for the fat ladies!
I'm unsure if this is a placebo effect but I noticed that after running Xslimmer, the computer seems to boot up alot faster. Its a pity I did not run pre- and post modification tests.
A little bit of background on this whole new thing.
Macs have traditionally been running on Power PCs (I used to own an iBook G4), and only recently were the new Intel Macs taking over the scene.
Programs were (and still are) written to run both off PPC and Intel processes, both of them requiring different kind of codings. These programs are written with universal codings.
Unfortunately, running Universal means you have alot of junk in your HDD.
What Xslimmer serves to do is to strip of whatever unnecessary codings and languages a particular App has stored in its codes. Eg: Your name is !xobile so it only retains the African language in your apps for menus etc.
Do take care if you're running Xslimmer as it is known that App could potentially be screwed so it is best practice to back those apps up. I had some problem playing videos on VLC player.
Savings of 2.45GB. Think of it as 2.45GB of codes less to sift through. Click to embiggen.
Unfortunately, good things don't come for free and a small investment is required. Nothing big and nothing I won't fork money out for but with me being an innovative person, I now have a cracked version here.
Contact me for a copy if you wish to.***
I am a little disappointed that I forgot to run benchmark tests (yeah I could have googled an App for this) for pre- and post clean up, I am definitely happy as this gives you real world performance/comfort as opposed to just burning chips in a lab environment.
This definitely beats being just a measure-bator.
Another thing that I am on right now is to read up on Apple scripts whoot
*endorses*
I will run them down in the order of ease-of-use, which also dictates how well does it work for your computer.
iStat Pro
An add on to your Dashboard that enables you to monitor certain parameters like CPU, memory and disk usage, network speeds and temperature of various components.
Other important functions would include fan speed and processes. Useful for monitoring unnecessary apps; though its something you can do via Activity Monitor, it just takes effort to open another program just to monitor your 'puter.
iStat Pro, completely FOC.
Fan Control (iMac version
iStat Pro indicated that an idling CPU had a steady core temp of 56˚C (room temperature dependant) with a fan speed of 1998rpm.
While this was sufficient for normal use, it tended to create abit of discomfort as the heat transfers itself to the entire chassis, which is also where I place my palms on.
I downloaded Fan Control, which was an add on to System Preferences.
Linear graph to control your fan speeds.
My uneducated guesses tell me that the graph should taper off gently at the top as the efficiency of heat transfer increases with the increase of temperature differences; though I'm slightly inclined to believe that the same would apply to the heatsink - chassis relationship.
Core temperature is 48˚C (earlier 56˚C) while the fan is running at 2106rpm (1998rpm). I would definitely expect a drop in battery performance but the palm rests are alot more comfortable now, besides I'm on AC power most of the time except when I'm out for meetings which rarely last anything more than 2 hours.
Xslimmer
I'm unsure if this is a placebo effect but I noticed that after running Xslimmer, the computer seems to boot up alot faster. Its a pity I did not run pre- and post modification tests.
A little bit of background on this whole new thing.
Macs have traditionally been running on Power PCs (I used to own an iBook G4), and only recently were the new Intel Macs taking over the scene.
Programs were (and still are) written to run both off PPC and Intel processes, both of them requiring different kind of codings. These programs are written with universal codings.
Unfortunately, running Universal means you have alot of junk in your HDD.
What Xslimmer serves to do is to strip of whatever unnecessary codings and languages a particular App has stored in its codes. Eg: Your name is !xobile so it only retains the African language in your apps for menus etc.
Do take care if you're running Xslimmer as it is known that App could potentially be screwed so it is best practice to back those apps up. I had some problem playing videos on VLC player.
Savings of 2.45GB. Think of it as 2.45GB of codes less to sift through. Click to embiggen.
Unfortunately, good things don't come for free and a small investment is required. Nothing big and nothing I won't fork money out for but with me being an innovative person, I now have a cracked version here.
Contact me for a copy if you wish to.
I am a little disappointed that I forgot to run benchmark tests (yeah I could have googled an App for this) for pre- and post clean up, I am definitely happy as this gives you real world performance/comfort as opposed to just burning chips in a lab environment.
This definitely beats being just a measure-bator.
Another thing that I am on right now is to read up on Apple scripts whoot
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