Speed Up Mac OS X.2...

[hulkaros]

I installed Jaguar...
I installed its Security Update...
I installed its update: 10.2.1...
I installed iTunes 3.0.1...
And then I saw some speed improvements here and there compared to my 10.1.5 setup but when I tried the following:
-Booted with Install CD
-Loaded Disk Utility
-Repaired Privileges
-Restarted
...the speed of using my Mac really went UP!!!

Then, I went on and did the above same thing on my other Macs and the same thing happened... All of them seemed to be faster! In some cases A LOT FASTER...

I don't know if anyone posted the above thing before (If I'm double posting I am sorry) but for those who missed it: Try it and you will gain some more performance from you Jaguar experience... Hopefully

Note: Some of the Macs where upgraded from Mac OS X.1.5 some of them where fresh installs of X.2

Go ahead and give it a shot

[symphonix]

I am doing a clean install of Jag in a few days ... maybe I can run some benchmarks and see if you are right.

[glbronze]

what areas does it speed up?

[hulkaros]

...let me explain:
Before 10.2.1 & 3.0.1 updates Jaguar was faster than 10.1.5 in most areas...

After updating some apps seemed to be more responsive and faster... Heck, even System Preferences felt snappier!

However, after doing the previously mentioned fix of priveleges even logging-in/out + shutting down was faster!!!

Also, the majority of apps seemed to be loading faster...

As I mentioned earlier the Jaguar experience got better overall... What I know for sure is that I used the trick before updating Jaguar and I didn't see that much of a difference

But, boy-oh-boy, did I see difference after applying updates+the trick... Oh boy!

[fryke]

It depends on what permissions are false, of course. Also it seems that updated or archive installs tend to be slower than clean installs.

I've tested this on my TiBook, which I have clean installed with Jaguar a week ago, and I haven't noticed any improvements - meaning: It was fast even before.

The tip should be the following:

1. From time to time, you should update prebinding. Use a utility you can find on VersionTracker.

2. From time to time, you should boot from the Jaguar installation CD and a) repair your system volume and b) repair the disk privileges. Btw. don't bother verifying disks and privileges, it only takes time, always finds something and it'll check it again for the repair, anyway.

[karavite]

Hey Fryke, I just saw another post that said prebinding was not required on 10.2 - http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthr...threadid=22981

10.2 is said to manage this itself now. Is this true? Is there an advantage to this utiltity vs just doing it in via a terminal command: sudo update_prebinding -root /

Thanks in advance.

Hulk... I'm going to try your suggestion right now on my G4 450. Just for fun! Thanks.

[Jason]

ive heard its true, but whats the harm in making sure?

i like to run those things, and occasionally diskkeeper, keeps me system happy!

[fetlock]

I just updated prebindings from terminal command line, and it worked! I haven't seen IE start so fast since 9.2.2. Terminal, Mail, other apps--all are much quicker on opening now.

Impressive.