How do I clean up your mac and remove unwanted files?

Can someone instruct me how to clean my mac and remove unwanted files that slow the mac down?

this forum is about running Windows on a Mac.
Hence, use Disk Cleanup
CCleaner works fine for both Mac and Windows - strongly recommend it for Windows
Uninstall background processes, less is more and you don't need most and definitely not two that are trying to monitor system and disk drives. If you need one setup a system just for weekend maintenance and emergency.
Allow more than adequate free space.

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So you really can't sync note if you have no internet?
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Thanks you

Yes, you should be able to buy/download apps from the iTunes app store on your Mac and then sync them to the iPad - neither the iPad nor the Mac should need to be connected to the internet to sync the apps over to the iPad
If the iPad hasn't been synced to that computer before then you may find this page useful : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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1. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and try Safari.
2. Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and other website data:
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What is the best way to clean up your mac and make it faster and run to an optimum level?

Hi Everyone, Hope all is well
Iv been running my mac pro for a long time now, its a Mac pro, 2x 2.26 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon. 12 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 Ram
Over time now it has become slower, at the moment its still running fine but im sure over time it has probabally collected unwanted data etc. i just dont want it to become a problem as its only going to be used more and more... i now notice that some of the regular programs which i open do take a little while longer to open and i sometimes see that little round Mac loading the sign (the round multicolor wheel).., is there a way to clean the mac up? so that it can run more smoothly and just a better over all feel.,,, the machine is still running beautifully but its time i give it more care and revive it a little more..
What are the best ways to do this, i dont trust any of these non apple based products which claim they can clean ur Mac etc.
Any solutaion and advice that u guys can give would be great and i would be very thankful
Thanks in advance

For immediate speed improvements, upgrade to a Solid State Drive and upgrade your conventional hard drives to new ones, because the newer ones are faster at reading and writing than the ones from 5 years ago.
By Re-installing your OS onto a solid state drive, the system will boot much faster, and your programs will launch much faster.
I use a small SSD (only 60GB) which contains only OS X and all my apps. All of my personal files are on the large mechanical hard drive. If you still use the drive that shipped with the Mac, then it might be a good idea to replace it.
Depending on what kind of work you do, then additional RAM will help. Swapping CPUs should only be done if you are really in need of the improvements they would bring.
You appear to have the 2009 dual-CPU Mac Pro, which is the most challenging model to swap CPUs into.

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I want to get rid of things I don't use. But how do you do that without deleting something important by accident? How do you do that when you don't recognize certain programs? Open each one at a time and decide if I want to keep it or not?
I'm referring mainly to things I may have downloaded but some of them on there make no sense and having a hard time reading the names. Is there a faster way to approach this without destroying something that doesn't need to be? Thanks.

How do you do that when you don't recognize certain programs? Open each one at a time and decide if I want to keep it or not?
I'm not aware of another way to decide which applications to delete.
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/uninstallingapps.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html

I am going to restore my Macbook Pro to it's factory condition. In iTunes I have renamed a lot of my songs. Last time I cleaned off my mac and restored my music I had to rename all those songs again. How do I get itunes to remember all of those names?

I am going to restore my Macbook Pro to it's factory condition. I do this every once in a while because it seems to improve performance. I backup everything to an external drive and then I restore only what I want from my backup drive. In iTunes I have renamed a lot of my songs. Last time I cleaned off my mac and restored/reloaded my music I had to rename all those songs again. It took me about 2 weeks to reorganize my music. How do I get iTunes to remember all of those names and keep everything exactly the same when I restore/reload the music into iTunes?

path21place wrote:
I am going to restore my Macbook Pro to it's factory condition. I do this every once in a while because it seems to improve performance.
It may seem like it does but it really doesn't.
Just delete stuff you don't want.
Last time I cleaned off my mac and restored/reloaded my music I had to rename all those songs again. It took me about 2 weeks to reorganize my music. How do I get iTunes to remember all of those names and keep everything exactly the same when I restore/reload the music into iTunes?
Use Time Machine, backup everything, do the reinstall (I recommend you don't do it) then restore your user folder with Time Machine.

How to clean up my mac and make it run faster

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macworld.com/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-your -computer-is-too-slow.
Basically... Make sure you have enough Free Hard Drive space for your Mac to Perform as expected...
This is what Apple has to say.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10798
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ds store > Why is my computer slow?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147
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Hello, if you're talking about disabling Java in say Safari...
Safari>Preferences>Security>uncheck/Disable Java in your Browser settings, not JavaScript.

How do i clean up my mac

I am in need of some help with my mac pro this is my first mac and it seems to be doing things I've never seen it do before like not being able to view a pdf file HELP!

Open the Date & Time system preference. Set the time zone if necessary (shouldn't have to though) and in the Date&Time tab I recommend you keep the checkbox "Set date and time automatically" checked.
...and after rereading the original post...
Note, if all that was wrong was your date and time, asking how to clean up your mac as a title is misleading. Also I don't understand why you having a problem opening a pdf file has anything to do with date and time? It just may be that that particular pdf file cannot be handled properly with Preview. So download Adobe Reader and see if it can handle it.

How to find out if your Mac has the new Virus ?

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A related link in the tip to a checker: Malware Checker Dowload Link
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Most of my drives are formatted NTFS because I have more Windows machines than I have MacDrive licenses, and with the driver for Mac OS, they are fully accessible. I have a few drives I do keep formatted as HFS+ because I have encountered an app or two that don't work quite right when they don't get to write to files on an HFS+ partition (one of my backup programs is picky about this).
As said before, FAT32 is fully accessible between the two OS'es but it also has it's own limitations.

How can i clean up my mac for free

how can i clean up my mac for free

You may find this post helpful 1doran: have problems cleaning up my mac
Read the cautions regarding deleting language resources.
A reliable program that claims the intelligence to automatically discriminate between required and superfluous files does not exist. Such one-size-fits-all "clean up" utilities frequently don't know the difference between required system components and trash, and can easily result in a broken Mac.
If you are running low on disk space you can buy a bigger disk. They are not expensive. In the meantime you can read the techniques here to determine if there are any large files you can safely delete using the tools already built into every Mac, including recommendations for some free utilities you can use to easily identify large files.
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Is it still working? How much longer?
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CMD+R does help, but I did not need to re-install the OS; I just rebooted from the recovery screen which appeared and it worked. I waited hours on the 'optimizing' dialog and, while that was happening BOX Sync would not work, and more...
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I've noticed that Apple is slowly, but surely, acting more and more like Microsoft -- severe problems with iTunes across all OS, glitchy upgrades like this one.... That never, ever happened when Jobs was alive. Best guess, he used to test everything himself and made phone calls if he saw anything like what we're talking about here.

I have bought a new imac late 2012 and I want to wipe clean my 2008 mac and install Mountain Lion on the old computer for my kids to have

I have bought a new imac late 2012 and I want to wipe clean my 2008 mac and install Mountain Lion on the old computer for my kids to have.
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Boot your Mac from the System Install DVD that came with it, and erase the HD using Disk Utility. Then, reinstall the OS from the disc. Give the disc to your kids since it must always accompany the Mac it came with.
After the OS installation is complete and the Mac restarts to begin its new owner setup procedure, just shut down the Mac. Your kids can take it from there.
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I cleaned up my mac and now all my applications are gone. I try to open them and it has a question mark on the app icon. Everything from System prefrences, Everything in itunes, iphoto, preview and mail? Please help

I cleaned up my mac and now all my applications are gone. I try to open them and it has a question mark on the app icon. Everything from System prefrences, Everything in itunes, iphoto, preview and mail? Please help

These question marks are on your dock? And you can't open applications from your dock?
If so, try this: Open a new finder window and navigate to the Applications folder in your hard disk. The applications in question should still be in there (the Applications folder). So drag each of the application icons that you want to be available on your dock from the Applications folder onto your dock, one by one. Take each of your question mark icons that are on the dock and drag them off the dock to get rid of them. See if that fixes you up.
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