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Speed Freak

Speed Freak - 2.0

automatically renices front app for higher CPU priority

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All Time: (4.2)
Version 2.0: (3.3)
Selected Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2004-06-12
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 2.0): 1,202
Downloads (all versions): 20,746

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Product Description:

Speed Freak will automatically reprioritize front and background processes to a specified setting at a specified interval.

Put simply, in Unix terms, it's an automatic renicer.

Put even more simply, it will make whatever you're doing a little faster.

What's new in this version:

  1. Added tabs with "Basic" and "Advanced" configuration options.
  2. Changed authentication routine to allow blank passwords.
  3. New Icon
  4. Added routine to renice everything to 0 when idle.
  5. Added a "click" when accelerated application changes (optional).
    . . . and yes, that click sound is from Marathon.
  6. Remembers Settings
  7. "click" and hide background options moved to preferences panel.
  8. Slight cosmetic changes.
  9. Code optimizations.
  10. Added option to ignore self when accelerating.
  11. Option to use aqua or metal interface.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.4

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Version 2.0:
Overall Rating: (3.3) Features: (3.3) Support: (2.7)
Ease of Use: (3.3) Quality / Stability: (3.0) Price: (5.0)
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Speed Freak Troubleshooting ReportBah... - Version: 2.8, 7/10/2007 01:19AM PST

Cowicide
Made Garageband slower if that was possible... YMMV, but this puppy is going in my trash bin... I've had much better luck with Process Wizard, which unfortunately doesn't remember settings after restart and is old as the hills... but it works better than this.
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Speed Freak CommentaryTry Renicer - Version: 2.8, 7/8/2007 03:45PM PST

drtimothyjames
I tried a variety of these kinds of programs awhile back. I eventually settled on Renicer. I'm not particularly adept at figuring out all these various settings. Renicer will let you modify its default behavior, but the default itself provided a sufficient difference in perceived speed for me. Some people say these programs don't work; I think it made a bit of a difference.
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Speed Freak Reviewworks by crashes computer - Version: 2.7.1, 6/13/2006 07:57AM PST

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deezak
been using this for about 2 weeks. on 10.3.9 G4 1.67 ghz 1.5 gig ram. Did notice an improved after effects render and preview time but has crashed my computer 3 times. I would get a spinning beach ball then a force restart of my OS, quit all my open apps losing all my info. After the beach ball I would get a garbled screen and the gray spinning gear, and then the blue screen and my desktop would re-appear as if I just started the machine. and no I did not get the start up bong... the screen did not go black.

that has only happened with speed freak so it worries me to much and I can't afford to loose the work (and yes I save regularly) and take the time to wait for the restart. Ran disk until, and disk warrior, hd and os seem fine...so I am jumping ship till it is fixed.
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