kringon Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi there ppl! Is there anything you rcan do to improve the performance of an Imac 24" running OS X leopard? I´ve got the 1.5.2. version installed. I´ve only used OS X since Leopard arrived, was a XP user before. I am thinking of a program/utility/thingy like msconfig where u could disable startupitems or disable/activate Services that windows where running. I took a look at Activity monitor, and I assume that every process that OS X runs is listed here? Regards Kringon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yes, activity monitor does display every single process. Just click "all processes". To see services that run at startup, click on "User Accounts" in the System Preferences. There are hidden unix ways to see all the processes that are launched at startup, but I don't know them. I don't think you can get much of a boost anyway, unless you have installed many dodgy utilities that launch at startup. If you upgraded from Tiger, a clean install of Leopard *might* improve your system performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi there ppl! Is there anything you rcan do to improve the performance of an Imac 24" running OS X leopard? I´ve got the 1.5.2. version installed. I´ve only used OS X since Leopard arrived, was a XP user before. I am thinking of a program/utility/thingy like msconfig where u could disable startupitems or disable/activate Services that windows where running. I took a look at Activity monitor, and I assume that every process that OS X runs is listed here? Regards Kringon Your iMac should be pretty fast as is. If it is working correctly there is not a lot you can do. If your iMac is slow something is wrong. There are some routine things you can do to help. 1. Repair permissions. Open terminal and type without quotations: "sudo -s" (return)(password) "diskutil repairPermissions" (return) 2. Update prebinding. While terminal is still open and with sudo in effect: "update_prebinding -root / -force" (return) 3. Turn off beam sync. Turn on QuartzGL. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry638942 4. Startup items, check your user account in system preferences for log in items. 5. Download xbench run it and report your score here for suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 If he is new to Mac, then shouldn't he stay away from terminal at least until he is used to OS X? There is an easier way to repair disk permission: CMD+Spacebar - opens spotlight type in "disk" hit enter on "Disk Utility" and select your HDD, click repair and done Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Think Mark also pointed out an application called "iFreeMem", it could help. Of course, if you only have 1gig of memory, I recommend upgrading. If your iMac still really feels slow then something is wrong, they are quite fast machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 they are quite fast machines Especially on OS X. Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ok0510@126.com Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 If you upgraded from Tiger, a clean install of Leopard *might* improve your system performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kringon Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi ppl. I am running 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM on this computer, so i am not upgrading that anytime soon I will try your suggested terminal actions marliwahoo and download that prorgam and report back my scores before and after my terminal actions EDIT: Here are my testresult before and after running all of marliwahoo´s suggested actions BEFORE: AFTER: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplestation Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Here is also another good review of performance tuning tips for Mac OS X. It covers 13 tips for application speed ups and another 4 tips for speeding up Mac OS X from the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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