You shelled out a good bit of cash for your Mac. So it's frustrating when you notice it start to slow down or otherwise fall short of its original zippy pace.
Here are 13 strategies you can employ to help lighten the load on your struggling computer.
These aren't failproof silver bullets, though. They'll certainly go far, but they won't necessarily get your computer back to its original level of performance.
It's perfectly natural for computers to slow down over time, so occasionally having to replace a computer is just a fact of modern life.
But here's what to do to stretch every last bit of life out of your machine.
Delete the programs you don't use anymore.
Browse your Applications folder and see if there are any apps in there you don't need. If so, use an uninstaller to get rid of them and free up hard disk space.
We recommend AppZapper to help with the uninstalls.
Free up hard drive space in general.
If you fill up your hard drive to the point that you have fewer than 10 GB of space left, this can cause some problems with virtual memory. Help reduce the burden on a drive that's filled with stuff by deleting the junk you don't need or by moving it to an external hard drive.
Run Monolingual!
Your Mac and many of the programs you install come with alternative languages that you'll probably never use. Delete them using a free app called Monolingual and you can free up hundreds of megabytes of space.
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