My MacBook which is 10 months old, and has probably been my principal computer over that time, was starting to get quite sluggish in its operation. In particular, while it used to boot in 35-40 seconds, now the boot was taking about 90 seconds.

So, I turned to this very useful guide on how to get rid of this lethargy. However, I really only tried one of the tips which was to run Onyx which is sort of a more sophisticated version of CCleaner but only for a Mac.

I ran through ALL of the options provided for de-crufting my machine which took about 30 minutes. However, the results were spectacular and now I’m back to a 40 second boot. However, I wish I knew which of the various options gave the most benefit. Maybe next time, I do a more scientific analysis of the benefits of Onyx which might allow me to speed things up  a lot more quickly.

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