Optimization software

[Selken]

hey iam new to mac, i got the 21.5 inch base model imac, and i wanted to know if u could recomend me some good optimization programs

for ur help thank u

 

[laserbeam273]

hey iam new to mac, i got the 21.5 inch base model imac, and i wanted to know if u could recomend me some good optimization programs

for ur help thank u

Well Excel does optimisation with it's Goal Seeker functionality...

You might need to be more specific about what you want to optimise.

 

[GGJstudios]

hey iam new to mac, i got the 21.5 inch base model imac, and i wanted to know if u could recomend me some good optimization programs

for ur help thank u

You don't need "cleaner" or "maintenance" or "optimization" apps to keep your Mac running well, and some of these apps can do more harm than good. Some remove files/folders or unused languages or architectures, which does nothing more than free up some drive space, with the risk of deleting something important in the process.

These apps will not make your Mac run faster or more efficiently, since having stuff stored on a drive does not impact performance, unless you're running out of drive space. Some of these apps delete caches, which can hurt performance, rather than help it, since more system resources are used and performance suffers while each cache is being rebuilt.

Many of these tasks should only be done selectively to troubleshoot specific problems, not en masse as routine maintenance.

Mac OS X does a good job of taking care of itself, without the need for 3rd party software. Among other things, it has its own maintenance scripts that run silently in the background on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, without user intervention.

Five Mac maintenance myths​

 

[uvitor]

hey iam new to mac, i got the 21.5 inch base model imac, and i wanted to know if u could recomend me some good optimization programs

for ur help thank u

Let me guess: are you coming from windows, aren't you?
In general, you don't need any software to do that.

 

[Selken]

yep right this is my first mac, a friend that have a 2010 imac told me that he sometimes runs a program to defragment the HDD

 

[GGJstudios]

yep right this is my first mac, a friend that have a 2010 imac told me that he sometimes runs a program to defragment the HDD

You don't need to defrag on Mac OS X, except possibly when partitioning a drive.

About disk optimization with Mac OS X

You probably won't need to optimize at all if you use Mac OS X.

I really encourage you to read this: Five Mac maintenance myths

 

[Selken]

oooh thank u iam reading it now, my only question now is if the files are deleted only by dragging to the trash?

 

[GGJstudios]

oooh thank u iam reading it now, my only question now is if the files are deleted only by dragging to the trash?

It works the same way as on Windows. If you drag a file to the Trash, it's not completely gone until you empty the Trash. (like emptying the Recycle Bin)

Helpful Information for Any Mac User

 

[Selken]

XD sorry for this, its just that its my first mac and i'm a little lost

 

[laserbeam273]

oooh thank u iam reading it now, my only question now is if the files are deleted only by dragging to the trash?

You can also press command+delete, or right click on it and select delete.

 

[GGJstudios]

XD sorry for this, its just that its my first mac and i'm a little lost

No problem. Read the links I posted. They'll help you get up to speed quickly.