![]() One more culprit for system sluggishness is a virus or malware. It’s unlikely on macOS, but it could happen. To check for this, scan your Mac using antivirus software like ClamXav or other similar apps. Some botnet malware may be running undetected on your Mac, raising havoc and also slowing down your operation.Ĭheck Your Hard Drive For Space and IssuesĪnother way that your Mac can get bogged down is if it is low on hard drive space. Where do you find if you have enough space? Go to the Apple menu and select About This Mac, then click on the Storage tab (see image below): (About this Mac shows how storage is being used and offers a way to manage it) What will happen is that should you need swap space - an issue often caused by not having enough RAM in your Mac ( find out if your Mac is compatible with more here) - the operating system then needs to move files around on the drive to find enough space. Here we see that the Fusion Drive in this Mac is about half full, so that’s not causing any slowdown. If your hard drive isn’t so spacious, you may need to clean it out. ![]() Consider removing anything that you have backed up elsewhere (perhaps movies or photos) and programs that you no longer use. MacOS Sierra added another helper for reclaiming disk space. The Manage button on the About this Mac dialog can purge unnecessary files and may also suggest moving some of them to iCloud. The example disk drive seen above had 141.14GB of purgeable space. Clicking Manage opens a dialog that presents your options: (Clicking “Manage” displays this dialog with suggestions for reclaiming storage)Īnother problem you might encounter is a disk drive that is having issues. ![]() The first way to see if anything is amiss with a drive is to use Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility, or ask Siri to “Launch Disk Utility”). ![]() Click the First Aid button to have Disk Utility (see image below) look for any errors - bad locations on physical media or corrupted index files - and try to correct them if possible. ![]()
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