Live Life Team
Just because your MAC has begun to lose speed over the years, it doesn’t mean it has to remain that way, or that you have resign yourself to it running more slowly as time goes on. There are a few simple tips that can help to speed up your MAC and get it back to that just new feeling you got when your first bought it!
An easy place to start is to close down programs that you are allowing to run in the background but don’t use as your computer could be giving vital space to a program that you haven’t utilised for a while. By checking the Dock at the bottom of the screen you will be able to see which apps are running – there should be a dot underneath them. Another method is to press Cmd + Tab to get the App Switcher and view the open apps. You can shut them down by Right clicking their icon and choosing quite or press Cmd-Q in the App switcher.
Updating your MAC is a good idea. Each update provides useful improvements, and some may boost speeds – they are easy to find by opening the App store, tapping on updates and installing. There are also built-in tools to help boost performance and help your MAC speed up. About this Mac can be opened in the menu via Storage and will show you what is taking up space in your system. Then you can click on manage, where you’ll see things such as iTunes and Mail and find app-specific recommendations. This will help you with ideas to get rid of items which waste space – you could store photos and images in iCloud for example or use the Reduce Clutter tool. Remember, every little helps, and even a little tweaking will help improve the performance of your computer.
