![]() To be honest, I’ve had my screen saver off for years and my display is still going strong (knock on wood). Contents Disable the Screen Saver Disable Sleep Options Turn off Airport and Bluetooth Disable Spotlight Indexing Disable Widgets Disable Infrared (IR) Reception Disable Automatic Graphics Switching Disable Time Machine Keep Your Computer Cool with SMC Fan Control Summary Disable the Screen Saver Yeah, I know your computer warns you about shortening your display life, but it’s either that or shortening your DJ career. The following basic system adjustments will help keep your Mac running smoothly, efficiently, and-fingers crossed-glitch-free. Whether you’re new to the world of Mac computers or a Mac veteran, optimizing your machine for use with resource-intensive audio applications is quick, easy, and highly recommended. Have a big gig this weekend and want to make sure everything goes off without a hitch? One of the easiest ways to ensure everything goes right during your set is to adjust your Mac for live performance. Simply select a device other than your DJ controller to set that device as the audio input. Simply select a device other than your DJ controller to set that device as the audio output. Click on the Apple menu (top-left of the screen) > System Preferences > Sound. Click the Set Default button at the bottom to set this as your default input device. Select the device you would like to set as your default input device (or microphone). Click the Set Default button at the bottom to set this as your default output device. Under Playback, select the device you would like to set as the default playback device. Go to your Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound. ![]() Change the Default Audio Device Instead of disabling the setting, you can instead make sure that the "laptop speaker" stream from Serato does not go to your controller by checking that your DJ controller is not set as the default output device in your system. ![]() For more information on this setting, please visit the Serato article here. This setting will not be visible if you do not have a compatible hardware controller connected. Under the Audio Output, uncheck the box next to Use Laptop Speakers. Open the Setup Menu and select the Audio tab. To disable it: Connect your DJ controller. If you are using the audio output on your controller, there is no need to have this setting enabled. Disable Use Laptop Speakers Setting This feature allows users to send Serato DJ audio output to their laptop speakers (or whatever device is set as the system's default output device) if the user is unable to use the audio outputs on their Serato device/controller. Set the default output device to something other than your DJ controller. There are two ways to resolve this: Disable the "Use Laptop Speakers" setting in Serato. This is often related to a Serato DJ setting and is easy to resolve. If the audio output from your DJ controller sounds as if it has an echo effect (although no effect is enabled), or sounds as though the track is double, this is usually because there are two sources of audio playing through the channel at the same time.
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