Similarly, to turn off Bluetooth, open System Preferences, click on Bluetooth and then click on the Turn Bluetooth Off button: To turn off Wi-Fi, click on the Apple menu and then on System Preferences… Click on Network and then click on the Turn Wi-Fi Off button:

Note: even if you don’t turn off the Wi-Fi, the real-time audio thread will run at higher priority than most (if not all) other threads so there may not be as much of an impact as one would think.

We typically recommend that you to turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections if you don’t need them for your live performance to free up computer resources. Let’s get started! Disable unnecessary hardware devices

We have compiled a list of tips to help you get the best experience out of your Mac for your live performance.Īll tips and screenshots were made using macOS Monterey 12.1, the latest version of macOS available at the time of writing: In this article you will learn how to optimize your Apple Macintosh computer for a gig.Īpple computers running macOS have great support for real-time audio and MIDI and typically do not require much optimization – however you may still want to make sure that your performance is neither impacted nor interrupted by other running processes.

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