How To Increase the Speed of a Macintosh Computer

You always want to be able to use your Macintosh computer in a jiffy, without it stalling every time you open one application after another. The following are a few easy steps that you can do to maximize the speed and functionality of your Macintosh Computer.

1. Clear your computer's Trash folder. Go and click on the Special Menu and choose Empty Trash.
2. Clear your computer's Browser Cache. Go to Disk Utility, select Hard Drive, click on User, select Library, choose the folder for Cache and send to Trash. You don't have to worry about losing this folder, as your computer recreates the folder every time you use it.
3. Rebuild the Desktop of your Mac Computer. Press the OPTION + COMMAND keys on your Macintosh Computer, hold it down until the computer pops up the confirmation window asking you if you are sure that you want to rebuild the desktop. Press OK. This is done to older Macintosh computers. Do this at least once a month, to give your computer a fresh start.
4. Remove unnecessary Fonts. Go to System Folder, and open the folder for Fonts. Delete whatever Font you will not be using. Make sure that what you are deleting would be those that are not being utilized by any programs in your computer.
5. Repair Disk Permissions. Open the folder for Disk Utility, select Hard Drive, click on Repair Disk Permissions. This might take about two to four minutes to be processed. It is suggested to repair disk permissions after installing software, or adding extra RAM, to repair your Mac's system folder files.
6. Deactivate System Extensions that you do not use. From the Control Panel, go to Extensions Manager and deactivate extensions that are not being utilized, such as printer drivers.
7. Add more RAM. RAM would allow smooth switching from one application to another. You can verify when you would need to add more RAM by going to Activity Monitor, and if the pie chart there shows that most of it is in Red and Yellow, you would need to add more RAM. Red (Wired) would be contents and applications that must be maintained in your physical RAM, and Yellow would be Active Processes that are utilizing your Mac's memory currently. If most of the pie chart exhibits Green (free memory) or Blue (inactive), then you can still heave a sigh of relief.

Nothing beats being able to use your Macintosh Computer with ease. Just make sure that whatever applications or programs you might be deleting will not be important anymore, to make sure that your computer will not be in disarray. It also won't hurt to ask a friend who knows more than you in terms of computer knowledge, or your local friendly Computer Technician for some tricks up their sleeves.