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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 503567" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>That's a valid point. Computers don't get "dirty." [size=-4](Well, they do, but a little time with some paper towels, a Mr Clean Magic Eraser, some canned air, and a Hoover takes care of that.)[/size] So if your Mac is running slowly, you should probably try to figure out why, instead of looking for some magic quick-fix program.</p><p></p><p>-Do you have enough free disk space (At least 15% or so)</p><p>-Do you have enough memory? (When running your normal suite of programs, at least, oh, 25% of your total memory should be "free" or "inactive" in the Activity Monitor. [EDIT: This is very likely a problem if you only have 512MB to start with]</p><p>-Are you running too many background applications? All of those cool add-ons like Growl, Quickilver, Shapeshifter and the like come at a cost in memory and CPU cycles. So do active Dashboard widgets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 503567, member: 4134"] That's a valid point. Computers don't get "dirty." [size=-4](Well, they do, but a little time with some paper towels, a Mr Clean Magic Eraser, some canned air, and a Hoover takes care of that.)[/size] So if your Mac is running slowly, you should probably try to figure out why, instead of looking for some magic quick-fix program. -Do you have enough free disk space (At least 15% or so) -Do you have enough memory? (When running your normal suite of programs, at least, oh, 25% of your total memory should be "free" or "inactive" in the Activity Monitor. [EDIT: This is very likely a problem if you only have 512MB to start with] -Are you running too many background applications? All of those cool add-ons like Growl, Quickilver, Shapeshifter and the like come at a cost in memory and CPU cycles. So do active Dashboard widgets. [/QUOTE]
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