Let me apologize, folks. The Infinite Mystery of God’s existence has caused everyone no end of bafflement and trouble for the past 3,800 years, and although I discovered the definitive answer some time ago, I haven’t actually done anything with it, apart from jotting it down as a to-do item in my Palm. That was pure carelessness on my part.
Microsoft Office 2001 (Mac) Microsoft Office is a bundle of Microsoft's productivity application. This includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and later Mail, Office Manager, and Outlook. The '1.x' versions of Microsoft Office were simply a marketing bundle of the standalone products sold together with no other packaging changes. Mac OS X will be available on all iMac™, iBook™, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube and PowerBook® G4 configurations purchased on May 21, 2001 or later from the online Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers. In many channels the Mac OS X Up-to-Date program will provide the software. In 2001, Apple released Mac OS X, a modern Unix-based operating system which was later rebranded to simply OS X in 2012, and then macOS in 2016. Its final version was macOS Catalina, as Apple went on to release macOS 11 in 2020. The current version is macOS Big Sur, first released on November 12, 2020.
In any event, yes, God does indeed exist, for better or for worse. If you’re unwilling to just take my word for it, consider this: in all of world literature, only two years are also titles of classic novels: 1984 and 2001. And Steve Jobs chose both of those years for Apple to roll out new operating systems designed to blast apart the existing hegemony.
Of course, we shouldn’t take mere coincidence as the sole proof of a Divine Being’s existence. But it does represent precisely the sort of cheap irony you’d expect God to go for. God created the coconut, which provides vital nourishment, fiber, and drinking water, and He included utensils with it (just break off a piece!) so that humanity could readily access and enjoy it all. And then He stuck it 50 feet above our reach in a tree with no branches.
Similarly, He chose to have Chairman Steve make his first play during the year in which George Orwell predicted we would be struggling against a totalitarian dictatorship. And now, during the year in which Arthur C. Clarke predicted we would transcend our clumsy human forms and move to the next stage of cosmic enlightenment, Chairman Steve is back for a second act.
(The Infinite Mystery of why Steve Jobs continues to wear those black mock turtlenecks at important functions remains for the next generation of theologians to ponder, however.)
Thus Spake Jobs
Like it or not, Mac OS X is meant to have the same effect on us as Macintosh System 1.0 had on the MS-DOS world. This time, we are the enemy-and sure enough, Mac users’ grumblings began with Apple’s very first, very cautious demonstration of the Aqua interface.
The more I work with OS X, the more my attitudes and opinions-about almost every aspect of it-flip-flop. I mean, I generally like the Aqua interface, but I worry that Apple has traded elegance for flash. I like the new browser-based Finder, but dangit, it takes up a lot of room on my screen.
And while some people’s first experience with Mac OS X was loading up Microsoft Internet Explorer, mine was compiling GNU source code and excitedly seeing how much I could exploit Mac OS X’s Unix heritage. I’m as captivated by X’s Unix underpinnings as an Adam Sandler fan is by shiny objects. And yet . . . several times in the course of the past year, I’ve skidded around a corner in Mac OS X and found myself transported to the dark, humid realms of lowercase backslash directories when I wasn’t expecting it. It’s dampened my enthusiasm for X every single time. Um, this is still Mac OS, right?
All of this is hot stuff. I can get a lot of cocktail-party conversation out of those comments. But (and I offer this only as a remote possibility) could I be, simply, full of it? Am I evaluating Mac OS X as a brand-new operating system? Or am I just rebelling against having to rethink my 15-year-old definition of the Macintosh experience, as Mac OS X’s architects have done?
Everyone’s going through the same ordeal. It’s delightful and thrilling and frightening. All around me, folks are running around, looting stores, and proclaiming that the End of the Mac is nigh while helping themselves to a couple of DVD players at Best Buy. Others, thoroughly hypnotized by those pulsating buttons, have embraced Mac OS X and are making it do wonderful things that Macs can otherwise manage only in cartoons.
Knee-Jerk Rebels
When we were teenagers, we rebelled against anything and everything that registered on our radar. As we made our way into adulthood, we exploited our rebellious impulses a little more efficiently, focusing them on the issues we deemed truly important.
Eventually, though, we’ve all got to realize that the things it’s most important to rebel against are our own hard-won principles and preconceptions-to realize that sometimes there’s a difference between the Right Way and what we’ve merely come to think of as the Right Way. Our gut-level distaste for something new is less about our reaction to the thing in question than it is about our fears of abandoning the familiar and comfortable.
The computer world faced that challenge in 1984. Some of us were apoplectic with joy about the first Mac and embraced it right away, even though in many ways it was about as useful as a camel that could yodel Gershwin. Others fell in love but managed to restrain themselves until the Mac became a more practical alternative to the status quo. Still others remain unmoved.
2001 will go down as the Proving Year for Mac OS X. People will buy software for it. Apple will release updates for it. Surely, like the original Mac, Mac OS X won’t be truly finished until it arrives at its equivalent of System 4.0. Until then, we won’t know whether that ending will be like 1984 ‘s, in which our impotence against the will of the collective is proved, or like 2001 ‘s, in which humankind gains the ability to play among the stars.
Regardless of the outcome, 2001 will be remembered as the year in which the Mac community irrevocably grew up. And you’ll see how 2001 won’t be like “1984”: This time, the blond woman in running shorts isn’t hurling a hammer at a video image of Big Brother-she’s throwing it at a mirror.
ANDY IHNATKO has written for the Chicago Sun-Times, Playboy, and other publications.
2001 – Your Mac was so darn fast when you bought it. It was a top-of-the-line and state-of-the-art computer, but it suddenly seems older than you. You have the impression that with all its power, it could deliver the goods in much less time than it does now.
- Description: Modifying the system to make it faster
Difficulty level: Easy
System version: System 7 to Mac OS 9
Required: A bit of patience
You are absolutely right. Here are a few tips to give some life back to your Macintosh and preserve its power in the future.
Memory
Your memory, in the form of your RAM and hard drive, is one of the keys to your Mac’s speed. If you manage it correctly, you are more likely to use all its power at maximum speed.
Disk Cache
The disk cache is very important for your overall performance. The first tip is to avoid giving it less memory than its default setting. It can be tempting to see the disk cache as a RAM hog, but if you decrease the amount of allocated memory, you will find out quickly that your Mac will choke on even the least demanding tasks, Web browsing included. Make sure to give it at least its default setting – and if you have some spare RAM, increase the caches memory by 1-2 megabytes.
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Virtual Memory
I already talked about this in iBasics. The virtual memory (VM) setting is simple: Turn it off. Your RAM is the fastest memory available on your Mac, and that is why it is the most expensive per megabyte. By turning VM off, you reduce hard drive accesses and allow your RAM to take over a few things that your hard disk used to do. As long as you are not tight on RAM, you can afford to turn virtual memory off. VM can be useful for file mapping, but it will slow you down.
RAM Disk
What about the RAM Disk in the control panel? Refer to a Speed Up Internet Explorer on the Classic Mac OS to learn how to use it, and remember that it can be used for any file that you use frequently.
Memory Usage
The way you use your Mac will impact your use of memory. When you launch and quit applications all the time, you abuse your system greatly. The memory structure of the Classic Mac OS (before Mac OS X) is a bit outdated and does not handle application memory as well as a modern operating system, such as Mac OS X. Don’t abuse it by repetitive application launching and quitting unless you are tight on RAM. If you launched Internet Explorer, keep it open, since you know you may use it in a few minutes anyway.
Avoid having everything open at the same time. If you are short on RAM (less than 5 megabytes available) when you are working on your Mac, you will see a serious speed hit. Your desktop picture or background will seem messed up, and switching between applications will be a pain. Turn off a couple of applications when this happens; you will regain speed.
Restarts
Speaking of memory management, a great way to wipe everything clean and start over is to restart when you notice a speed decrease. When you launch applications and work with files, your RAM collects and loads libraries as well as data. Your clipboard will contain the last bit of information you copied and pasted.
All of this takes RAM space and forces your Mac to carry more weight around when you execute other tasks. A restart will refresh your Mac’s memory by eliminating all the stored information that you will not use later in your session. It cleans up everything.
Desktop Pictures
Ah, that sunset at the mountain was dazzling when you shot the picture during your last vacation! But it slows down your Mac when it is in the background. If you need a temporary speed boost, or if you simply think that you can live without the sunset picture, turn it off and replace it with a desktop pattern. Whenever I want a speed increase, I just revert to an entirely black desktop pattern. It is dark, but it works and is easy on the eye.
Networking
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Whenever your Mac does network operations, it executes pauses, even if they are not always perceptible. The pauses are greater if you use network protocols such as Web sharing, File Sharing, and AppleTalk. Those are useful features, but they can really slow down your Mac when they are turned on and in use.
Unless you need them 100% of the time, turn them off until you need to use them. Go to the control strip (above) and turn off AppleTalk. Go to the Web Sharing control panel and make sure to turn it off by clicking on Stop. Do the same in the File Sharing control panel.
Manage Extensions
The best way to improve your performance is to manage your extensions with the Extensions Manager control panel. Turn off all the extensions that you do not need – or turn them off until you need to use them. Whenever you install software, you get an installation report that tells you what has been installed and where. Referring to such files is an excellent way to find out what extension is used with what software. Otherwise, you can click on the arrow besides Show Item Information to figure things out.
If you wish to have an “everything loaded” configuration, keep it as a set. You can rename it by choosing Rename Set in the File menu. Then click on Duplicate Set to create a set where you turn off extensions and control panels that you do not use all the time. Name that set. When you have multiple sets, all you have to do to switch between them is to click on the popup menu called Selected Set (see screen shot) and select one, then click on Restart.
In all the available sets, the best one to use for maximum speed is Mac OS All. The other set (Mac OS Base) is not a very appropriate extension set, since its prime use is troubleshooting.
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In the Extensions Manager, the Startup Items are easily visible. Those are useful if you want the same item to launch at every startup, but you will quickly note that it slows you down during startup when you arrive on the desktop. This can get annoying. Make sure not to put anything in Startup Items unless the items in question are essential to your use.
Here are a couple of extensions and control panels that create a speed hit when activated: Kaleidoscope, StuffIt Deluxe’s True Finder Integration, Timbuktu Extension, and anything that adds something directly to the Finder and its menu bar.
Rebuild the Desktop
The desktop files store all the icons that you have seen on your screen since the latest rebuild. If you are one to download icon sets from the Web or to use CD-ROMs often, the number of unused icons stored in your desktop files can be scary.
Wipe everything clean by restarting and holdin downg the Command and Option keys. When you get an alert about rebuilding your volumes’ desktop, click on OK each time you get the alert. You will notice a speed boost after the rebuilding process.
Beware of Upgrades
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Always be careful with software updates and upgrades. Get them only if they fix bugs or add features that you cannot live without. Software always grows bigger and adds more hardware requirements. The upgrade cycle can make a new Mac look very old within two years, while conservative upgrading behavior will make your Mac shine for years to come.
That’s it for this week. Enjoy your faster Mac.
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