Optimizing your Mac: Turn Off Unused Services

2010-03-07 updated 2010-03-07 • SEND FEEDBACK •
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Turn off what often goes unused.

Turning off some of these items also increases security, by eliminating potential access to your Mac:

• Universal Access
• Speech Recognition
• Bluetooth
• File sharing
• Web sharing
• Any other sharing service;
• AirPort.
• Logged-in users other than yourself.

Most of these are found in the System Preferences panel.

Turn off unused services

Other user accounts

Don’t leave multiple user accounts logged-in (only possible if you’ve selected Enable Fast user Switching under Login Items).