When you feel your web browser including Safari and Chrome is difficult to load pages or become unresponsive, you should try to lighten your web browser. Click the download button and follow the guide to begin your upgrade. Then go to macOS Sierra page on the Mac App Store.
Reasons a mac runs slow update#
For instance, if you want to update to macOS Sierra, please check if your Mac can run this version or not (Mac introduced in late 2009 or later can be upgraded to macOS Sierra). A latest OS can run faster and better to use than the older one as it get improved.Īctually, it is pretty simple to update OS system.
If your MacBook or iMac is running an old OS system such as Yosemite or Mavericks, then it is time to update your OS system. Click on the "Login Items" and uncheck the programs to disable them to start when you log in your Mac. Then go to "System Preferences > Users & groups" and select your account. To disable the startup programs, click on the Apple menu icon to System Preferences window. Please just disable the startup programs that are rarely use (or you can open the program by yourself every time you need it), and your Mac can allocate system resources to load the processes you use. If your Mac runs extremely slowly after logging in, it may have too many startup items. Smart Cleanup can scan out the trash that is 100% safe to delete in one button, while Cleaning helps to find out the useless files in a deeply way and you can choose to what to delete. You can clean up your Mac by choosing Smart Cleanup and Cleaning option. It is pretty good to use and you don't need to manually find out the trash and delete them one by one. So it is necessary to free up the disk space so that you can use your computer more effectively.ĬleanMyMac 3 program is recommended to clean your Mac. If your Mac is lack of storage, there is little virtual memory can be used by the system and thus it would slow down the running speed and even get freezing. The Mac's OS would utilize free hard disk space as virtual memory. Solution 1 Clean Up Hard Drive to Release More Storage Space
To save you time, you don't need to complete all the solutions and please pick up the ones that fix your case. Specific to the four possibly reasons above, we would recommend the accordingly solutions. Please do troubleshoot your Mac for the reasons why it is slowing down refer to Part 1 and find out your own reasons.
Reasons a mac runs slow how to#
As you have known why Mac is running slow, now let's see how to fix it.