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PD Tweaker

PD Tweaker - 1.0

improve Parallels Desktop's speed & reliability

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Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2006-06-23
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,571
Downloads (all versions): 2,571

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Product Description:

PD Tweaker is an Application Enhancer (APE) plugin that addresses a few shortcomings in Parallels Desktop 1.0 for Intel-based Macintoshes. It has two major features which can be enabled separately:

  • Optimizes caching for HDD and SAV files

    A much better caching strategy for these files is actually no caching at all. Caching large files is actually harmful to your Mac's overall performance. HDD files do not need caching because the client OS will already have a cache layer. SAV files are streamed in and out and don't need to reside in the disk cache.

  • Always writes HDD and SAV files all the way to disk

    Your data is precious. Especially data like a HDD file that took you hours to install and configure. Shouldn't you treat it that way?

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0

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PD Tweaker CommentaryPPC? Huh? - Version: 1.0, 1/16/2007 05:28AM PST

Theallseeingeye
Whats the point of having PPC supposrt when PD is only useful on Intel Macs?

Just wondering.....
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PD Tweaker Commentarywhy use Parallels build 1940 when there is 3120 available - Version: 1.0, 1/13/2007 03:41PM PST

me4u21
I would rather expect a comment on the newest Version of Parallels instead to be atavistic ant treat dinosaur as a new life form.
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PD Tweaker CommentaryI use APE and SILK, with no problems... - Version: 1.0, 8/27/2006 12:04PM PST

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Gennx30
you should clean all caches, do an fsck -y, or use Applejack, repair permissions, then install APE/Silk in SAFE BOOT mode-
I often, to be sure then reinstall it in normal mode.
Have never had problems.
I also discard as many fonts as possible-there are too many duplicates which drain the system;

/User/fonts, Photoshop fonts, Appleworks or MS Office X fonts-when the app cannot find their own fonts, they will search the system, and use the fonts in /Library/Fonts, or System/Library/Fonts.

No duplicates, and a faster computer.

And getting rid of the Asian fonts that are both in system/library/fonts, and Frameworks/application services-/versions/A/Frameworks/Language Analysis/versions/A/ support/has caused me no trouble-just do not delete 'LA Server' -and all works fine.
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