How to Clean & Speed Up Your Mac: Some Useful Tips

A Macbook/Mac is like any other computer (like Windows or Vista), it can become very slow over time. The main reason why your Mac running slow sometimes is your Mac storage space getting full, some Mac users even received a message on the screen that said the startup disk is almost full.

If you ask me how to clean up the Mac or to speed up your Macbook, here I will show you some suggestions to clean and optimize the Mac:

1. Clean Up Your Hard Drive Space.
2. Update the Mac System.
3. Manage Your Startup programs.
4. Adjust Mac Less Animation.
5. Close Some Process in Activity Monitor.
6. Upgrade Your Hardware.
7. Organize Your Mac Desktop.
8. Using A Mac Cleaner to Speed up Your Mac/MacBook.

Now let's learn more about these tips......

Clean Up Your Hard Drive Space.

You can use some cleanup tools or follow some Mac tips to clean up your Mac hard drive to free up more storage space and make your Mac run faster.

Update the Mac System.

Getting into the habit of updating your macOS is actually a good practice that can prevent your Mac from running slow.

Manage Your Startup programs.

Manage your Mac startup items to make it start up faster. Simply go to System Preferences > Users & Groups> Your Username> Login Items, select the name of the app you don't need at startup, and click the - symbol to remove the application or process

Adjust Mac Less Animation.

The animations and graphics on Mac will use up high resources. In System Preference select Dock, disable these options: Magnification, Animate opening applications, Automatically hide and show the Dock.

Close Some Process in Activity Monitor.

Closing apps that are running in the background that you are not using can definitely optimize your Mac's performance. After going to Activity Monitor you will see the apps or programs that are causing your MacBook to slow down and you can sort them according to the space they are taking up in RAM.

Upgrade Your Hardware.

You can buy a new hard drive, but of course, this will cost more money.

Organize Your Mac Desktop.

If you have a messy Mac desktop, then you may need to consider cleaning it up. Too many icons on your desktop can interfere with macOS rendering and processing, so sort and organize your files.

Using A Mac Cleaner to Speed up Your Mac/MacBook.

You can use some cleaning software to clean up the Mac. Many users choose to download some free or low-cost Mac-Cleaner-Software (I found this article to help you know more about this kind of app and what tools you can use).

macOS computers have a built-in Mac cleaner within the system, this tool developed by Apple is called Storage Optimizer, however, it has very limited features compared to a full-fledged Mac cleaner and only provides you with basic instructions on how to clean your Mac.

If you are looking for a comprehensive or thorough Mac cleaning tool, then a legitimate, powerful Mac cleaner that is notarized by Apple is the best choice. These types of dedicated tools can help you remove malware, unnecessary junk files, duplicate files, similar images, piles of cache, temporary system files and uninstalled software.

If you want to do all the cleaning manually, you need to go through all of your files, folders of documents, music, videos, apps, photos, e-mail downloads/attachments, and many other log files. You may cause data or system corruption by cleaning them manually yourself, so it is one of the best choices for you to clean up and speed up your Mac.

I hope this article can help you.