Seventh: whenever possible use Safari-Browser or, yes, Microsoft Edge. Sixth: Run something like Etre-Check from time to time to locate problems and remove them execute some maintenance-scripts from time to timeįifth: Use something like App-Cleaner to uninstall-apps (or use the uninstall-routine when delivered) (not just put any app into trash to uninstall it (there will remain too many orphaned files) reduce any graphical Dok-Effects to minimum (something like app-bouncing) The Macmini-HDD will be more efficient after thatįourth: use some program like Onyx to do some things like Third: partition the hdd at least in two partitions. If you need it, you can reopen it again (saves again 300-500 MB) Second: remove any unwanted mission control desktop-spaces (as default macos starts with 2 desktops but if you close the second one it won't be re-opened after restart. This all is probably only valid for 10.12.(6)įirst: remove desktop background-pictures (will save about 500MB) Over the years I found some ways to limit the memory-consumption and 'sped-up' the machine

32-bit-Apps still work perfectly and the macos itself has still many 32-bit-parts

My Book-Bok-Air with 8GB consumes 3.5GB of RAM after bootup, it's evident that with 4 GB RAM free memory is valuable.īesides: in Sierra theres no limitation to only use 64-Bit-Apps. This software won't be supported in future versions of macos' started to come up. Why? Apple dropped reasonable memory-mangagement sometime in High-Sierra 10.13, when Message-boxes like 'This is a 32-bit-App. The macos of choice is: macos Sierra (10.12). First of all I would NEVER run it with Catalina or any newer macos to come.

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