ChrisLKirby Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I thought it would be a good idea to post to give everyone the chance to post their own tips and tricks regarding OSX86. This can help newbies a lot! Here are some useful things: 1. To Speed up the Boot Process (borrowed from alicheusz): sudo -s kextcache -e -z -a i386 kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions -z -a i386 *if that last command doesnt work, try kextcache -a i386 -z -k /System/Library/Extensions sync 2. To change if you want to boot in Verbose Mode or with the Graphic Loader, edit your com.apple.Boot.plist located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and remove the -v entry 3. If making any changes (adding/removing/editing) a KEXT file, rebuild the kext cache in terminal switch to su or sudo the following commands: chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions reboot Please feel free to share any tips and pointers in this thread!! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 sudo -skextcache -e -z -a i386 kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions -z -a i386 *if that last command doesnt work, try kextcache -a i386 -z -k /System/Library/Extensions sync This isn't mine i see this somewhere on forum If I remember good domino post it firstly My tip most you need is http://www.macosxhints.com/ this is usefull Safari delay http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...506&query=speed finder freze after open save dialog http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...179&query=speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLKirby Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 another helpful debugging command is to enter the following into terminal: sudo dmesg this will output the same text that you would see in VERBOSE (-v) mode while booting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 awesome command ChrisLKirby! thanks for sharing it. wish i'd known about it long ago. what's so funny alicheusz? tell me where i would have known about that unless i was told? i've never debugged anything in my entire life on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 awesome command ChrisLKirby! thanks for sharing it. wish i'd known about it long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 OK, my tips and tricks for speeding things up: 1. BUY MORE RAM!!! 2. Get Shadowkiller and have it run as a startup item. 3. BUY MORE RAM!!! 4. Disable drop shadows in iPhoto and it runs a little bit faster 5. BUY MORE RAM!!! 6. Leave the system on overnight sometimes so it can do its regular cleaning 7. BUY MORE RAM!!! 8. You can speed up the key repeat rate and mouse movements to make the system feel faster 9. BUY MORE RAM!!! 10. Use TinkerTool to disable a lot of the eye candy in OS X 11. BUY MORE RAM!!! 12. Disable Dashboard (there are hundreds of ways to accomplish this) 13. BUY MORE RAM!!! 14. Fewer "Smart Folders" mean a speedier system (because the folders tend to bog things down). and finally... 15. BUY MORE RAM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 OK, my tips and tricks for speeding things up: I agree specially with tips 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchandamovie Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I know running with the flag fn=0 makes my computer run really quietly instead of sounding like an air condition if I used fn=3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 so whats the fn=* all about any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkny1055 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 this will help me out alot..thanks for the shares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts