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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 293443"><p>Adding RAM to the amount already in your Mac is a must, I would think. So as soon as you can, add some.</p><p></p><p>For now, you could also download <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17111" target="_blank"><strong>MainMenu</strong></a> and use it to run your Maintenance tasks on a daily, weekly and monthly basis if you don't let your Mac on all the time. </p><p></p><p>Till you get the extra RAM, to spruce up the performance a little I would use MainMenu to clear all the caches: users, browsers, system, etc. That usually helps a little.</p><p></p><p>As for the <em>Repairing Disk Permissions</em> thing, if you are running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.x (which I assume you are using) it isn't as needed as it was with Mac OS X Panther (10.3.x). The messed up disk permissions thing has been pretty much fixed now. </p><p></p><p>You can always go through that process if you want, but unless you have been really <em>active</em> in <em>playing</em> around with your Mac OS X install, there shouldn't be much permission repairs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 293443"] Adding RAM to the amount already in your Mac is a must, I would think. So as soon as you can, add some. For now, you could also download [URL="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17111"][B]MainMenu[/B][/URL] and use it to run your Maintenance tasks on a daily, weekly and monthly basis if you don't let your Mac on all the time. Till you get the extra RAM, to spruce up the performance a little I would use MainMenu to clear all the caches: users, browsers, system, etc. That usually helps a little. As for the [I]Repairing Disk Permissions[/I] thing, if you are running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.x (which I assume you are using) it isn't as needed as it was with Mac OS X Panther (10.3.x). The messed up disk permissions thing has been pretty much fixed now. You can always go through that process if you want, but unless you have been really [I]active[/I] in [I]playing[/I] around with your Mac OS X install, there shouldn't be much permission repairs. [/QUOTE]
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