User's Manual

The Tuning Status
The Tuning Status uses a graph and associated notifications to show you how extensively you are already
using the options of TuneUp Utilities to increase performance and maintain the system and what potential
for optimization still remains.
You can find the TuneUp Tuning Status on the TuneUp Utilities Start Center beside Turbo Mode. The Tun-
ing Status is your personal indicator of optimization progress, i.e. it shows you how well you are already
using TuneUp Utilities and where there is still potential to optimize your system further.
The Graph
In the graph, the blue sections on the left represent the modules you have used to make your optimization
progress so far, and the dark gray area on the right represents open optimization options. Each section of
the graph has a message assigned to it: the letters in white boxes above the graph represent messages about
optimizations completed, the dark gray under the graph represents messages about untapped potential.
The Turbo Mode segment to the right of the graph shows you how many Turbo Mode options you have
turned on. If you have not yet configured Turbo Mode, this segment is empty. If the segment lights up
green, Turbo Mode is on.
Messages
To the right of the graph, you will see the current messages about optimizations already completed and
about untapped potential. If you click on the blue underlined text in the messages under Unused potential,
this opens the precise TuneUp Utilities module that you can use to achieve the unused potential.
Use the arrow to click through the individual messages. If you click on the blue underlined text between the
arrows, a window opens with an overview of all Tuning Status messages. This displays a complete overview
with all of the current messages on both the Completed optimizations and Unused potential areas
together with the corresponding graph sections and letters.
Even if your system is perfectly optimized today, anything could change tomorrow that could
present areas for optimization, e.g. the installation of new programs or a change to system settings.
Pay attention to the messages on unused potential in order to keep your system optimized for the
long term and therefore maintain a good Tuning Status.
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