The stability and smoothness of the Mac system has always been praised by everyone, which is why most people choose Mac, but we still optimize and adjust Mac from time to time to make it run faster and smoother than before . The following is the Mac optimization method shared by the editor, remember to save it~
1. Free up over-occupied RAM
When too many programs hog your Mac computer's RAM memory, the system becomes unresponsive. Especially when using applications such as Photoshop and video editing that require a lot of memory, the Mac is more likely to become sluggish or even freeze. When this happens, just use the "Free RAM" tool in CleanMyMac X to easily clean up your system memory, free up enough RAM, and let apps get enough space to breathe freely.
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2. Clear Startup Items on Mac
Whenever you start up your Mac, some applications and services start up. But some apps sneak into the startup row without notification, which can slow down your Mac. To improve startup time and optimize Mac performance, you should clear startup items.
Just navigate to System Preferences > Users & Groups. Then, click Login Items. You can check the items you want to delete and press "-" to delete the startup items. (see how to fix your startup disk is almost full)
3. Turn off Mac visual effects
Save your Mac's GPU performance by turning off some Mac OS animation effects. Turning off the Dock's Genie effect when minimizing windows and disabling open applications and desktop picture animations will make your Mac slightly faster.
To tweak the Dock, click the Apple icon, then select Dock from the drop-down menu, then Dock Preferences. Use the settings to select Zoom effects under Minimize windows and uncheck Animate opening apps.
To turn off desktop animations, click the Apple icon, then click System Preferences. Click Desktop and Screensaver. Uncheck the Change picture checkbox to use a static desktop image.
4. Update your application
Outdated software often runs slower than the latest updates. That's because Apple and third-party developers have been working hard to optimize the software for the Mac. Make sure to update everything to tune your Mac with the latest improvements.
Go to System Preferences > Software Update to find new macOS updates. Enable the Automatically keep my Mac up to date option to avoid this trouble in the future.
5. Delete programs that consume a lot of resources
Some programs occupy a large amount of processor and memory resources, seriously affecting the overall running speed of the computer. The following describes how to find out which applications are using memory resources:
In Find Applications, click Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor > then click the Memory tab and the CPU tab
You will see the processes listed in order of the amount of memory used.
Determine if you need to use programs that are using large amounts of resources, or if you can close them.
If you need to use memory-intensive programs all the time, consider installing memory sticks for more memory (RAM). You can choose a memory stick with a suitable capacity according to the degree of demand. It is enough for ordinary daily work and users to install a 2G memory stick or a 4G memory stick. Game users or multimedia editing, design and development users need at least 8G memory sticks or install dual-channel memory sticks to get more Large memory to meet demand.
With the increase of computer use time, various software are also generating a lot of junk files. If not cleaned up in time, it may cause insufficient disk space or even insufficient memory to be used normally. So remember to bookmark this article, it will definitely be useful in the future!