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Speed up your Mac

I came across these nifty commands when trying to repair my Finder.app.

Rebuild your LaunchServices database to repair confused “Open With…” menus:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework\
/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/\
A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system \
-domain user

Run the optimization that’s normally run after installing a program:

sudo update_prebinding -force -root /

My computer feels significantly faster now.

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By Kevin Chiu – May 17, 2009

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  1. Andrew Chen says

    Hi kevin, how do I get in touch with you? I couldn’t find an email address for you.

    I’d like to chat!

    Here’s my background:
    http://andrewchenblog.com/about/

    Shoot me an email back at [ protecting your email from spam attack... -Kevin ]

    May 20, 2009, 5:17 pm
  2. Jules says

    You have a lot of good tips. I’m going to see if it speeds up my Mac.

    Andrew Chen has a good point in asking how to get in touch with you. How can we chat? You have my e-mail so look forward to hearing from you. Thanks!

    May 28, 2009, 10:42 pm

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