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2 questions about my macbook
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 369262" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>1. If you have less than 1GB of RAM (some MacBooks came standard with 512MB), an upgrade to 1GB should speed things up nicely. Check <a href="http://www.crucial.com" target="_blank">Crucial</a> for compatible upgrades. Also, if you've never run any kind of maintenance on your MacBook, it doesn't hurt to use a program like <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20070" target="_blank">Onyx</a> to do a little "spring cleaning". Although your Mac should pretty much maintain itself, by default those maintenance tasks happen in the early morning hours so as to not disrupt you. Since notebooks are rarely left turned on all the time, those tasks might not happen as they should - using a program like Onyx to force those tasks to run might help a bit with performance.</p><p></p><p>2. Weird power management issues can happen from time to time. First, make sure your MacBook's software and firmware are up to date by clicking on the Apple menu (upper left corner) and choosing Software Updates. If indeed it is up to date, you might try resetting the PRAM. This is done by pressing and hold Command-Option-P-R when you turn your machine on. Hold this combination until you hear three system chimes. </p><p></p><p>Just a few things to try, hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 369262, member: 24098"] 1. If you have less than 1GB of RAM (some MacBooks came standard with 512MB), an upgrade to 1GB should speed things up nicely. Check [URL="http://www.crucial.com"]Crucial[/URL] for compatible upgrades. Also, if you've never run any kind of maintenance on your MacBook, it doesn't hurt to use a program like [URL="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20070"]Onyx[/URL] to do a little "spring cleaning". Although your Mac should pretty much maintain itself, by default those maintenance tasks happen in the early morning hours so as to not disrupt you. Since notebooks are rarely left turned on all the time, those tasks might not happen as they should - using a program like Onyx to force those tasks to run might help a bit with performance. 2. Weird power management issues can happen from time to time. First, make sure your MacBook's software and firmware are up to date by clicking on the Apple menu (upper left corner) and choosing Software Updates. If indeed it is up to date, you might try resetting the PRAM. This is done by pressing and hold Command-Option-P-R when you turn your machine on. Hold this combination until you hear three system chimes. Just a few things to try, hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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