| Mac OS X
-No journaling on your audio disk (use the Disk Utility). Up to 20% more speed if you're lucky.
-Set processor for max power, set hard disks and screens to don't sleep (only applies to some Macs)
-Don't use screen savers.
-Clean up your desktop, don't fill it with icons. Each icon on the desktop is treated differently in the system than a regular icon.
-Get matched RAM pairs (up to 5% increase in speed).
-Minimum of 10% (preferably more) free hard disk space. I.e a 100 Gb hard disk should have at least 10 Gb of free space at all times.
-Don't activate Widgets (Dashboard). Once activated it'll use resources in the background until you log out or restart your Mac.
-Open iCal and turn off alarms when iCal isn't open (in preferences).
-Disable AirPort.
-Don't install shit you don't really need. Especially nothing that works in the background such as MSN, Skype, etc.
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