How do I keep my iMac running smoothly?

I now know that Mac Keeper is bad news. What can I do, or is there a program that will keep my 27 inch iMac running clean and smooth?

If you search MacKeeper on these forums and elsewhere you'll discover many tales of woe and how it has mucked up otherwise perfectly healthy Macs. All MacKeeper seems to do well is con people into thinking they need it. Some useful information here in Klaus1's User Tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3030
It's really only necessary to resort to third party applications to try and resolve a specific issue, so if everything is running tickety-boo just forget about it - your Mac will take care of itself.
Avoid all apps that claim to 'clean/speed up/protect, etc.' your Mac. Hopefully others will spot this thread and add their comments so that you can get a variety of views.

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Cycle your battery?
Leave memory space?
Clear your Cache, cookies, and history?
Reset (home + Sleep buttons)?
Do these practices work to help keeping your iPhone running smooth?
What are your experiences and what do you do to help keep it healthy?

Yes, it means to let the battery discharge all the way until the phone shuts itself off, then charge the battery completely. Apple recommends doing this once a month.
From http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html :
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I have a VI that:
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2. The user starts the VI and the VI sends the set points to an external process via a serial interface.
3. The VI stops running.
4 The user waits for the external process to complete.
5. Repeat sequence. Go to Step 1.
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The ones for the event structure specifically. I'm posting from my phone. Look at the basic ones for user input. even a simple while loop with a boolean and a case statement would work.

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I have iMac, early 2009 version and in good condition. I would like to know, whether I can keep the machine ON at all the times ( 7 * 24hrs) or should I switch it off every night? So far, I am switching it off every night and switch it on the next morning. Please clarify me.

In talking with a tech guy at Applecare, I was told to shut the iMac down--all the way down--every so often. I'd been using "sleep" for months and months, but this chap said the processor is running at about 10% capacity in sleep mode. It was then accumulating signals, loading up the RAM, and slowing down the computer. If you shut down the computer from time to time--stopping the processor completely--the accumulated "noise" is erased, and the computer will run faster as a result.
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FWIW.
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I have just bought a used 2009 macbook pro, but I am new to computing and mac so can anybody please tell me if there is reliable software that will help me keep my macbook running at its best without breaking the bank?

In General 3rd Party AV Software and Cleaning Utilities tend to cause More Issues than they claim to fix...
They are Not Required...
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See > Mac OS X Built in Security > http://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html
More Info Here > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4545776?tstart=0
The Safe Mac > http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg/
To keep your Mac Happy...
Have a look here > http://pondini.org/OSX/Scripts.html
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1. You won't lose any data, you may lose updates but these are very easily restored by simply running Software Update and following the on-screen instructions.
2. Again if you don't restore setttings their settings may be lost. In short you can't have your cake and eat it too. You originally said you want to restore the system to it's factory out of the box settings so you need to decide what to do. Frankly if it were my system I'd do a fresh install and restore everything including the settings and your system will run better and retain the settings you have tweaked over the years.
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Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available space
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I have a new iMac (from Santa) and when it goes to sleep, so does its wifi connection. I use it for work and need to keep my instant messaging app open and running at all times, even when it's asleep. I also like to have all of my email waiting in the inbox when I come back to the desk.
Is there any setting (or workaround) I can do to keep it connected even when it goes to sleep? I have a MacBook Pro that keeps its connection when it goes to sleep so can't figure out what's happening. Thanks in advance!

going to sleep means disabling the network connection to save power
so what you're asking is not really possible
unless you can change what going to sleep mean on your computer
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Unless the PreSonus firecontrol driver is JUST BAD, the problem must be that my operating system isn't allowing the firecontrol driver to run properly.
How do I fix this? This is very frustrating but I refuse to give up on the problem. I have A LOT OF MONEY INVESTED IN THIS STUFF!!!
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Marco

Allan,
Which version of what do I have?
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iMac OS X Lion version 10.7.4
Logic Pro 9 just downloaded 5 days ago (newest version)
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Not sure what you were asking about but I'd be happy to give you more information if it would help!
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Marco

How do you keep macbook pro running quickly

I always thought that using a MAC would eliminate the need to re-image a machine like you have to do with Windows. However, my recently purchased MacBook Pro 13" retina display with 8Gb RAM, 3Ghz i7 processor is already beginning to slow down - just like a Windows laptop. I have used MacKeeper in the past, and that has improved the performance of previous MacBook Air's that I had. However, I have been warned off MacKeeper (anyone have any evidence that this is a real, solid, non-invasive application that is safe to run?).
Just need some help in how to keep this great machine humming - it's only 2 months old!
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azb956 wrote:
... I have used MacKeeper in the past,...
Read here > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3036
More Info here > http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg/
azb956 wrote:
... my recently purchased MacBook Pro 13" retina display with 8Gb RAM, 3Ghz i7 processor is already beginning to slow down -...
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Also see Here > http://www.reedcorner.net/mpg/
More Info here...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintainingmacosx.html
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How can i make my imac run faster?

I have an 8 year old iMac. I am running OS X.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
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Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
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Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
I am a graphic designer so I need to run InDesign, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop usually simultaneously. I also have Microsoft Office installed.
It is now running very slow and is sluggish. I've not tried anything yet to solve my problem,
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I have an 8 year old iMac.
IMHO, here is no magic bullet to make a very old computer run applications like the ones you describe fast.
Compare the specs on your machine with a 27" iMac (current line):
27-inch: 3.2GHz
Specifications
3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB (two 4GB) memory
1TB hard drive1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M with 1GB video memory
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Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iM
Processor Name: Int
Processor Speed: 2
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L2 Cache: 4 MB
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