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hehe299792458

hehe299792458

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With windows, I disabled services, uninstalled windows components, did a few registry hacks, etc that made the system much faster. Compare to previous versions, 10.6 is pretty fast, but it still feels a bit bloated on my MBA. Is there a way to slim it down further? Thanks!:D
 
steezy1337 said:
download monolingual and delete the languages you don't need. maybe download something like Secrets for extra pref. pane options
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I already deleted language packs and printer drivers that I don't need. I kept Rosetta stone because Office 2008 still needs it. But that was all done during the installation.

Is there something I could do now that would improve the performance of my system? For instance, when I open activities monitor right after starting up, I see a bunch of processes I don't need - is there a way I could disable them?
 
There's really not much you can do to alter/improve OSX. Its pretty much designed for hands off operation when it comes to this sort of stuff. Mucking around can do more damage then good. If you're system is sluggish, look at the page-outs and VM size. Perhaps you need more ram. If that' not the case, then perhaps a faster system is in order
 
hehe299792458 said:
I already deleted language packs and printer drivers that I don't need. I kept Rosetta stone because Office 2008 still needs it. But that was all done during the installation.

Is there something I could do now that would improve the performance of my system? For instance, when I open activities monitor right after starting up, I see a bunch of processes I don't need - is there a way I could disable them?
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How do you know they are not necessary?
 
hugodrax said:
I have been trying to kill kernel_task so I can save 340MB of ram. :)
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haha. Very funny.

But seriously, for things like "Airport Basestation Agent", I'm pretty sure I don't need it.

Oh, and I can't upgrade my RAM because apply kindly soldered it on.
 
hehe299792458 said:
haha. Very funny.

But seriously, for things like "Airport Basestation Agent", I'm pretty sure I don't need it.
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While his post was in jest, the point is you don't know what's needed and what's not and the interdependency of the various systems. You may not think you need airport basestation agent, but what happens if the system expects and becomes unstable or doing weird things. You're really not going to be saving a lot of ram by shutting down services, the risk vs. reward in this case is such that Its really not worth the effort.
 
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