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  • D_Dot0

    I bought an external HD the other day, and backed-up everything i needed. Then I reinstalled OS X and the data I wanted to keep. Wiped the external drive clean, and returned it :)
    Runs like a dream now.

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    • LOL, that's the best thing I've heard in a while...ESKEMA
    • you've got exceptional problem solving skills. nice work!_salisae_
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  • kona0

    _salisae_

    Font Management:

    1. Download Linotype Font Explorer X. (http://www.linotype.com/fontexp... Font Book on the mac is simply a font viewer and does not have the range of functionality that we require. Font Explorer X allows for deactivation and activation of font families as well as cache management.

    2. If you already have non-system fonts installed remove those fonts from Font Book. Delete the references to them in Font Book.

    3. Restart

    4. Move the non-system fonts into a folder in your Documents folder. This folder can be named anything you choose. Font Explorer X will ask for the location of non-system fonts during install. You will add these fonts to Font Explorer X at that time

    5. Install Linotype Font Explorer X and follow the onscreen installation instructions.

    6. Allow Font Explorer to manage your systems fonts and place them in its folder structure.

    7. If you are not prompted by Font Explorer X to clean your font caches please do so now by selecting Tools > Clean system font cachces followed by Tools > clean application font caches.

    8. Restart your machine.

    System Management:

    1. Download Onyx
    2. Install Onyx
    3. Under the automation tab check all of the selections and execute the scripts. This will remove all remaining font caches, system caches and clean and optimize the OS.
    4. Create a schedule for maintaining the OS and run the utility weekly.

    Photoshop Disk Space Management:

    1. Attach USB 2.0 or firewire drive to usb or firewire port
    2. When drive is recognized launch the disk utility in Finder > Utilities > Disk Utility
    3. Reformat the drive as Mac OS journaled, case-sensitive.
    4. It will now appear quickly when mounted.
    5. Open Photoshop
    6. Select Preferences (apple + K)
    7. If your drive is mounted it will show up in the list of scratch disks. Set your newly formatted drive to be the second scratch disk.
    8. Restart Photoshop

    Photoshop Performance Enhancement:

    To adjust the Cache Levels setting:

    1. Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Performance.
    2. Enter a value from 1 to 8 in the Cache Levels text box. Click OK.
    3. Restart Photoshop.

    To turn off the font preview:

    1. Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Type.
    2. Deselect Font Preview Size.

    To deselect Export Clipboard:

    1. Choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
    2. Deselect Export Clipboard.
    3. Click OK.

    To allocate more memory to Photoshop:

    1. Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Performance.
    2. In the Memory Usage section, increase the Let Photoshop Use percentage, and click OK.
    3. Restart Photoshop.

    The above will help with performance in general for the machine and while working in Photoshop.

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    • Excellent! I'll allocate to Illy and Indesign but thank you!_salisae_
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  • menos0

    two apps that help me out even though they're very similar.

    onyx and macjanitor.

    give them a try. once, i got 2 gigs free out of just logs and caches... not bad!

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    • studderine0

      EAT A BOOK!

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      • rodzilla0

        READ A BOOK!

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      • db_gd0

        Rebuild Desktop.

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