Recommended upkeep for a Mac?

[LiquidClen 10+ year member]

First off, I don't want to hear any shit about how Windows > Mac, so if that's all you have to say, STFU.

My dilemma: I bought a Macbook Pro about a year ago, and I feel like it's starting to get bogged down, and is running slow. I know on Windows you can do disk clean up and defrag the harddrive and it's supposed to speed things up a bit, what do you recommend to do for Macs?

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[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

id try wiping the HD clean...that helps on a NORMAL comp i know

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Do you have a lot of stuff running in the background? I do not run a Mac but run Linux (same type of OS based on 'BSD'' and never had that problem I have had the same version installed for a few years and never seen it slow down like I used to see with windows after 3-6 months.

Only time I notice it slow is if I have a bunch of things running in the background like a bunch of torrent transfers, dvd burning, applets etc.

 

[LiquidClen 10+ year member]

Do you have a lot of stuff running in the background? I do not run a Mac but run Linux (same type of OS based on 'BSD'' and never had that problem I have had the same version installed for a few years and never seen it slow down like I used to see with windows after 3-6 months.
Only time I notice it slow is if I have a bunch of things running in the background like a bunch of torrent transfers, dvd burning, applets etc.

not anymore than what I usually do.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

First off, I don't want to hear any shit about how Windows > Mac, so if that's all you have to say, STFU.
My dilemma: I bought a Macbook Pro about a year ago, and I feel like it's starting to get bogged down, and is running slow. I know on Windows you can do disk clean up and defrag the harddrive and it's supposed to speed things up a bit, what do you recommend to do for Macs?

Actually it would be:

PC > Mac

or

Windows > OSX

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

or microsoft > apple...

but thats not true, im just giving examples

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

emacs ftl

PowerPC's ftw

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

since nobody else has said it

Linux > All

 

[LiquidClen 10+ year member]

Actually it would be:
PC > Mac

or

Windows > OSX

you guys arent sticklers for being super correct. Can we stay on topic and help answer my question rather than ramble about how my original statement was incorrectly worded?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

you guys arent sticklers for being super correct. Can we stay on topic and help answer my question rather than ramble about how my original statement was incorrectly worded?

no

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

if i help can i stay off topic?

http://mac.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

here is a list of programs to consider

registry cleaner

defragmenter

ad ware remover

spy ware remover

anti virus