Optimizing OSX

UNIX macOS
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Hi forum,

I'm administrating a workstation/server for my lab and I was wondering how to optimize OSX. I was wondering what unnecessary background tasks I could kick off the system so I free up as much memory and cpu power.

Other optimization tips are also welcome (HD parameters, memory settings etc etc..)

I googled around but tips are far and few between... so any help is welcome.

Cheers,
Koen

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Which version of the OS are you running? Upgrade to the latest rev of Leopard (10.5) if you can, it does a pretty good job of not starting unnecessary processes. Are you running the Server version of the OS?

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Run software up date and jump to leopard 10.5.5