Speed up OSX Lion tips

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    Probably snake oil and just clears inactive ram.

    Lots of people really don't understand how the memory works in OS X and they start whining "I HAVE NO MEMORY" without realising Inactive is actually cached memory that can be quickly reused if need be or can be freed if something else needs it.

    If anything this will slow down Lion even more till everything is recached.

    • to clear up inactive memory i just verify permissions (have to do it all the time)jaylarson
    • You DON'T have to do this, that's the point. Look up what inactive memory actually isanimatedgif

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