If our Mac is very slow, it takes forever to start, to open applications, to access the Finder or to carry out any action that, a priori, should be simple, we have a problem, a problem that, fortunately, has different solutions depending on each computer.
En Actualidad iPhone We have created a complete guide with all the problems that can affect the performance of our Mac and how we can solve them.
Every computer is different, and the reason you may be running slower than usual may not be the same as on other computers. However, many of the solutions that we show you in this article They are valid for any team.
Reduce the number of apps that open automatically
There are many applications that have the happy mania, to, in theory, benefit when consuming, automatically added to the list of processes that start when we start our equipment.
The greater the number of applications that open automatically each time we start our computer, the time that passes until the computer is fully functional it gets longer.
The problem is further aggravated when it comes to hard drives, since, as we all know, they have a much slower read speed than SSDs.
The first thing we must do to start speeding up the operation of our team is to review the number of applications that run when we start our computer, performing the steps shown below:
We access System Preferences – Users and groups.
Next, we select the tabIsession items.
Next, we select the program you want to remove from the list of startup items and click on the minus sign below the list.
Check storage space
One of the main causes of slow performance both on Mac and on other operating systems such as Windows, iOS or Android is lack of storage space.
All operating systems need a minimum free space, space that is usually used as virtual memory when RAM is full if the computer does not automatically close open applications to free up memory.
The minimum recommended space for our Mac to work with ease, regardless of the type of storage unit (HDD or SSD) it is 10 or 15%.
How to free up space on your Mac
To free up space on our hard drive, the first thing we must do is move to external hard drive all the content that we do not use or need on a recurring basis on our computer (movies, videos, photographs, applications...)
If you use a laptop and always want keep that content handy, the best option is to hire a cloud storage platform. iCloud is the best option on a Mac because of the platform's integration with the entire system.
If you are not convinced by Apple's storage plans, you can use any other platform such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox... and use the applications for Mac with which all new and edited content is automatically synced.
All these applications work on demand. In other words, the files are not stored on our computer, only a shortcut to the file is displayed.
When clicking on that file to open it, automatically will be downloaded to our computer. Once we have finished editing, it will be uploaded to the cloud again so that it is accessible from any other device.
If, after moving all the non-essential content to an external hard drive, to a cloud, to a NAS... you cannot free up more space because you need each and every app you have installed, you should think about changing the hard drive, but not before checking how much space the system takes on your Mac.
Check how much system space you have on your Mac
The management that macOS does with the data of the applications andIt's very different from what Windows does.
While Windows allows us to select where to store the data that applications download, macOS automatically selects the route and sees it as space occupied by the system.
When we delete an application, we are only deleting the application, not all data has been downloaded through it.
For example: if you delete the Steam app, only the app will be deleted not all the games you have previously downloaded.
To find out how much space the system is occupying on our Mac, click on About this Mac – Storage.
The yellow color represents all the space occupied by the system. if this exceeds 20 GB as, we should consider checking if macOS is looking at data from other apps as part of it.
Disk Inventory
To check it, we can use the free application Disk inventory or the payment Daisydisk.
Both applications will analyze our storage unit and show us the space occupied by each and every one of our team's directories.
By clicking on each directory, we have access to all the files stored along with the space they occupy. This allows us to check if we really need them or if they are application files that we deleted a long time ago.
If so, from the application itself we can delete it without any problem.
Application Disk Inventory is available for download completely free of charge through its websiteWhile Daisydisk, available through its website, and offers us a trial version before buying the corresponding license.
Close apps you don't need
If you are not going to use application, close the.
The only thing that is achieved by keeping an application open on our computer is consume resources that we can allocate to the applications that we have open.
Pressing the key combination Option + Command + Esc, a new window will open showing all the applications that we have open at that moment.
To close the applications that we are not going to use, we just have to select it with the mouse and click on Force exit.
Restart the Mac
Restart our Mac, just like any other device on one of the customs we should adopt. When you reboot a device, the operating system returns to put everything in its place.
Thus, all processes in memory will be killed of the device that may be slowing down the computer or affecting its operation.
Update macOS
The mission of operating system updates It's not just including new features. Most of the updates focus on adding performance improvements and, above all, security.
