

I recommend more ram than that (it never hurts), but the way Mavericks manages resources (RAM, app nap, timer coalescing, etc) is far more efficient. Mavericks only requires 4GB of ram and a computer early-mid 2008 or newer to run. The directions under fix Slow and Stalled Restarts and shutdowns here massively renewed the speed of several Macs I service, regardless of the OS X version installed. Lastly, fix Slow and Stalled Restarts and Shutdowns.
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If you create/delete a lot of files and-or have under 200mb free space at all times, you will probably still benefit from an offline full defrag. It very much depends on your usage patterns, and amount of free space.

Launch times went from 6-8 bounces to one bounce for me. Don't buy the hype that you don't need to defrag OS X. Don't believe they are harmless, because processes can keep trying to access things improperly in the background. If you have 'ASL found but not expected' errors, use ACLr8 to fix them. Launch disk utility, and run repair permissions. Under Automation, check everything and run it. Here's the real sequence to fixing your issue:ĭownload Onyx.

I use it for tons of photoshop and development related work. Most of the 'doom and gloom : it's just old' replies are way out of touch with reality. Ok, I'm running the same year macbook pro, under 10.9.1, and it flies.
