How To Make Your Mac Run Faster

12 Ways To Make Your Mac Run Faster

No matter how much you loved your Mac when you bought it, chances are it doesn't perform the same way it once did.

A few years can take a noticeable toll on any computer, but luckily there are some tips and trips that can help bring it back up to speed.

Here are a few things to look out for that can make your overall Mac experience more smooth and efficient.

01. Software updates: Often, software updates fix bugs and glitches that could be slowing your computer down. Check for any software updates that may be available for the version of OS X your computer is running on. You can do this by clicking the Apple icon in the upper left hand side and selecting Software Update from the drop down menu. In most cases, your Mac will probably issue a desktop notification to alert you when an update is available.

02. Restarting your computer: It sounds obvious, but sometimes your laptop or desktop just needs a good restart to get back up to speed. Try restarting your computer before jumping ahead to other options.

03. Close unused Tabs: Open tabs in web browsers do take up memory, even if it is a small amount. This can build up if you e the type of person that opens, say, 15 tabs on a daily basis and never closes them. Try to get into the habit of closing out tabs once you e finished using them.

04. Close unused Apps: Apps, like tabs in web browsers, can also eat away at your memory if you have a ton of programs open. Apple has a couple of handy keyboard shortcuts that make it easy to exit apps quickly. For example, holding Command, Control, and the media eject button will quit all apps and restart the computer after asking you to save your changes.

05. Reduce the number of apps at Start Up: If you have a bunch of different programs set to launch when you turn on your computer, it’s going to take a while for your Mac to boot up. You can see exactly which apps are programmed to launch on start by clicking the Apple icon and navigating to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login items. In this list, you’ll see all the items that start up with your computer. Check the boxes next to each app and click the minus button at the bottom of the window to remove them.

06. Organize your desktop: For some, this is a daunting task, but you may be surprised to learn that it can actually give your Mac a little performance boost. OS X treats each desktop item like a small window with its own memory footprint, according to Digital Trends. So, try reducing the number of icons on your desktop by combining similar items into folders and deleting items you don’t use.

07. Use Of Activity Monitor: The Activity Monitor on your Mac does exactly as its name implies, which means it can alert you to sneaky programs that may be running in the background. Try closing these background processes to speed up your Mac by either opening the Utilities icon in your Apps folder or by simply typing Activity Monitor in Spotlight search. From here, you can see how many programs are taking up memory on your computer and end those processes.

08. Clean out your hard drive: Over time, your hard drive is bound to get cluttered. Deleting old movies, photos, podcast, music, and any other type of file you no longer need is one of the best ways to free up some disk space — which can ultimately speed up your Mac.

09. Delete apps you don't use: Again — apps can chip away at your systems memory. If you downloaded a game, app, or program that you no longer use, get rid of it to free up some space.

10. Clear your browser cache: If you mostly notice sluggish performance while you e surfing the web, it could be your web browser that’s the problem, not your computer. Try emptying the cache to speed up performance. The directions are slightly different for each browser, but in general you want to navigate to the Settings menu, and head over to the History option.

11. Re-indexing of your computer: Sometimes if you'e just applied a software update, it can take a while for Spotlight to rebuild its index of all your files. This could be one reason why your Mac seems to be running slow. To check of its indexing, simply click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of your desktop.

12. Close widgets on the dashboard: Like apps and browser tabs, these widgets also take up a little bit of memory. Head over to the Dashboard by pressing Mission Control button in your dock and selecting the Dashboard. Close out the tools you don’t need.

The 10 Most Rotten Apple Products

Do You know these 10 Most Rotten Apple Products?

Apple is known for the hit products it has released in the last decade: the iPod, the iPhone, and most recently the iPad. But the company hasn't always been a synonym for success.

Some of of its products, particularly in the 80s and 90s, were huge flops.

From the PowerPC to the Pippin game console, we recount the ill-fated products Apple probably wishes you forgot about permanently.

Here are some of them listed:

1. The iPod Hi-Fi was built with Apple's sleek design aesthetic but ultimately failed to deliver the sound quality that 3rd party competitors could offer.

2. Apple's hockey puck mouse came out with the first iMac, but its shape proved very uncomfortable for users and forced Apple to reconsider its peripheral ergonomics.

3. Before the Apple TV was even a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye, Apple released the Macintosh TV in 1993. It was incapable of displaying TV on the desktop and sold only 10,000 units.

4. The Pippin, manufactured by Bandai, was Apple's first stab at a gaming console. It sold only 42,000 units before being discontinued in 1997, a year after its release.

5. The Apple III was meant to springboard off the Apple II's success, but its impractical design vexed users and forced Apple to recall the first 14,000 units.

 6. The Newton PDA came out in 1987 and remained in production for 11 years before being discontinued despite its limited functionality. Perhaps it was the required stylus that did it in.

7. The Apple QuickTake, launched in 1994, was one of the first digital cameras to be marketed to consumers. Ultimately Apple entered the product category too early and discontinued the QuickTake in 1997. 

8.The Macintosh Portable, left, was Apple's first laptop computer. Aside from display and battery issues, the Mac Portable was plain expensive, costing $7300 when it came out in 1989. 

9. The sleek Power Mac G4 Cube came out in 2000, but was too expensive for most consumers at $1799. It also lacked an internal fan, causing it to overheat. Apple put it "on ice" in 2001. 

10. Although it was manufactured by Motorola, the ROKR E1 was the first phone to support iTunes and was touted by Steve Jobs when Apple unveiled it in 2005. Its limited storage and slow file transfers caused Apple and Motorola to part ways just a year after its release.

Freeeeeee Upgrade

Upgrade operating system of your PC for free

You don't need to spend money on upgrading the operating system of your PC. If you like some features in a new OS, you can get them for free.

MAKE WINDOWS XP/7 LOOK LIKE WINDOWS 8 OR MAC OS X

Windows 8 has a number of visual enhancements compared to older versions of Windows. You get a new log-in screen, revamped start screen, refined Windows Explorer and various new menus. You can experience all these changes without having to purchase the operating system. You can also transform your existing Windows PC to resemble the user interface from Apple's OS X using free transformation packs.

HOW To

Step:1

Head to www.thememypc.com and select Windows 8 (84 MB) or OS X Yosemite transformation pack (104 MB). A transformation pack allows OS interface features to be installed at one go. 

Step:2

The downloaded file for either pack will have the '.zip' extension. To open it, right-click on the file and unzip using your preferred program—7-zip, WinZip, WinRar, etc.

Step:3

Before installing, create a Windows Restore Point (Run > All programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore). This will ensure that you can revert to the original state of your Windows in case something goes wrong during the transformation. 

Step:4

Start the installation, choose the settings that you would like to apply and allow the set-up to finish. It will take a few minutes to complete. Once the set-up is complete, restart the computer for all the appearance changes to take effect.

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Rumours and Rumours....

12-inch MacBook Air with Retina Display may be delayed until 2015  

The rumoured 12-inch MacBook Air with Retina Display won't arrive until late 2014, at the earliest, according to reports on Friday.

According to Taiwan's Economic Daily, the higher-resolution option was scheduled to go on sale in Q3 of this year, but supply chain shortages mean production has been pushed back.

The report says a shortage of Intel's new Broadwell chips is to blame for holding up the process.

The 12-inch MacBook Air, which has been rumoured for well over a year now, is rumoured to have a refined design, new trackpad, a new battery layout as well as that hyped Retina Display.

On schedule

In better news for those seeking to add a MacBook Air to their gadget arsenal in the somewhat nearer future, the 2014 non-Retina 11-inch and 13-inch models are reportedly still on schedule.

Those devices will arrive in the third quarter, perhaps around the time of the iPhone 6 launch, according to reports.

Are you relying on Retina? Or will an updated standard model do? Let me know your thoughts below.