Also the author fails to mention how much drive space you should reserve. Photoshop is *an* example of Scratch Disks, but not really the best. All apps are a perfect example of Virtual Memory. Here the author confuses Virtual Memory with Scratch Disks. It consumes a whopping 5MB of drive space, and can be deleted if that really matters to you (use the Terminal). Game Center consumes no RAM or processor resources whatsoever unless you’re actually using it.
If you don’t use your Mac for gaming, why do you need it? Unfortunately, OS X does not let you uninstall these applications, but you can disable them.” “a lot on unnecessary crap on your system that over time slows it down. For many people, they might as well delete GarageBand if they’re going to delete the loops for it. That makes it sound like as if there’s no reason to keep those files. “You can remove these files to gain back a lot of space, but still be able to use these programs.” The author comments a little on this, but his description is wrong, and more importantly, you’re not going to speed anything up by “Freeing RAM”. Developers need to do this for testing purposes.
The only real reason why you’d want to free Inactive RAM is if you want to force an application to start over from scratch. Active RAM is being used by apps, and Inactive RAM is memory that was used by apps and is now sitting there waiting to see if it can be used again. You’ll note that the only way you can do this is through the terminal or apps that provide a GUI interface to terminal commands. Others have pointed out some of the errors, here are some more:ĭon’t do this.
There’s far more wrong with it than right especially with the idea that Macs slow down over time as being part of expected normal behavior. I would simply avoid this article altogether.
If this cache is never cleaned, over time it can become quite large, and eventually slow down your computer.” To keep things running smoothly, your computer is constantly caching files. Over time, this “gunk” can impede the performance of the engine. The more you drive your car, the more “gunk” will build up in your engine. Spence reports, “Much like an automobile, your computer needs regular maintenance to keep it running at its peak-performance. “It’s true, over time your computer will slow down and stop working the way it once did.” But now the love you once felt is gone, and you spend a little too much time staring at the boot image rather than actually using your computer,” Spence reports. “Remember the first time you started up your Mac? Hearing that lovely tone you thought would never get annoying and seeing the beautifully designed Apple-centric Boot Image,” Ian Spence reports for Mactuts+.