PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.8 - Manual (Page 76)

68 MBOX ® MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
ENHANCING MBOX PERFORMANCE
Recommended Practices
Use the following recommended practices to enhance the performance of your Mbox system:
+ Disable any screen-savers.
+ Disable File Sharing and Remote Management (any and all sharing, in fact).
+ Turn off automatic software updates.
+ Disable Spotlight on all connected hard-drives by placing them in the Privacy table.
+ Set Energy Saver settings to disable computer and display sleep, and to stop hard-drives from being put to sleep.
+ If using a laptop with two graphics modes, disable automatic switching (use max performance).
+ Disable Time Machine.
+ Disconnect the computer from the internet.
+ Disable Expose and Spaces.
+ Turn off FileVault and Firewall.
+ Turn off Bluetooth.
+ Turn off automatic data and time setting.
+ Quit all other applications!
+ Disable unnecessary background processes.