I re-installed OS X 10.4

OK, a couple of weeks back I posted about boot-up performance on my MacBook becoming worse and worse, with firefox taking 40 bounces to launch around a minute after boot up. I decided to format and re-install (Windows style).

Obviously, there has been a huge performance increase immediately after the new install. Everything worked fine from the backup (although Parallels insisted on creating a new virtual machine, despite there being one in the library from backup) firefox launched in 4 bounes, Safari in 2 and a Parallels Windows session restores in about 5 seconds from cold (previously it was more than a minute).

I've pretty much reinstalled everything I had before apart from a few freeware demos I had previously.

I think the reason it was a bit broken before was because when I 1st got my Mac, I installed almost every app possible, just to 'try' it and then ended up deleting them, which I guess left a lot of rubbish around on the HDD.

AppZapper, zoolook. Me loves AppZapper.

Too bad about having to re-install, man. Had you previously had a go at cleaning out the caches and all that?

MacHeadCase said:

AppZapper, zoolook. Me loves AppZapper.

Too bad about having to re-install, man. Had you previously had a go at cleaning out the caches and all that?

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I did - I ran the scripts, Mac Janitor, Onyx etc... nothing helped... I think it was a seriously fragged HDD (don't believe what you read that this doesn't happen on Macs). One system file had over 1,500 fragments...

I have to agree about App Zapper here. I've only recently become a fan though.

I have learned form experience that every Mac I buy for my use (not my families use) that I simply reinstall the OS from scratch out of the box. That way I can avoid a lot of the junk I don't want and can only have the stuff I need vice what Apple shoves on there by default.

So far it has worked out pretty good and I will do the same when I get my MacBook.

I've been using AppDelete since I first got my Macbook and it's been running as great as it did on day one (actually, it's running faster because of the RAM upgrade, but that's besides the point ).

I don't think I have ever removed a program by simply dragging it into the Trash...

Zoolook said:

I did - I ran the scripts, Mac Janitor, Onyx etc... nothing helped... I think it was a seriously fragged HDD (don't believe what you read that this doesn't happen on Macs). One system file had over 1,500 fragments...

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Ouch!...