Improve Mac Performance Significantly

Moving to Mac may resolve many of the performance issues you have been suffering from time and again being on Windows PC, but one issue will get you panic-stricken everywhere you go, i.e. 'system slowdown'. Several internal activities, such as running applications, corrupt disk permissions, and high system resource utilization contribute to Mac slowdown. An ordinary user does not even know what is taxing the system performance and thinks of upgrading the hardware configuration. 

Upgrading the hardware certainly contributes to speeding up Mac however, the choice is not suitable for every user. Below are some internal activities, which you need to monitor and make some alterations to improve the Mac’s performance. 

System Requirements

The very first way to make a Mac machine run faster is that system hardware configuration should meet the minimum requirements for the Mac OS version. Make sure the Mac you are running has right hardware configuration installed. If not, then upgrade to the required configuration. 

Disk Permissions

Every Mac disk has a set of associated permissions that must be undamaged to make the Mac work properly. Make a habit of manually repairing these permissions after a certain time interval regularly. It is recommended to repair these permissions in recovery mode. Therefore, restart the Mac while pressing and holding Option key. Click Recovery HD, open Disk Utility, and select the boot drive. Click 'Repair Disk Permissions' and let the process complete. 

Activity Monitor

Go to Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder and monitor the running processes. Note the processes with high CPU utilization under CPU tab at the bottom section of the window. Select the processes with high CPU utilization and click Quit Process button in the menu bar. Make sure you know about the process being killed. 

Browser Extensions

Web browsers automatically download extensions, plug-ins, and toolbars that consume system resources. Disable these browser extensions and clear the cache to speed up the browser. Open Safari, click ‘Safari’ main menu, choose ‘Preferences’, and click ‘Extensions’. Click one by one all installed extensions and uninstall them. 

Login Items

Login items in Mac are just like Startup items in Windows that execute every time the system boots up. These items consume large Primary memory (RAM) and processor resulting in poor startup. Remove login items to speed up the boot process. Go to System Preferences-> Users & Groups and select ‘Login items’ tab. Select an item and click minus (-) button given in the bottom section. 

Hardware Upgrade

Upgrading the hardware (i.e. RAM and hard drive) may result in significant improvement in the system performance. Large primary memory makes process execution faster and efficient. Moreover, it is recommended to use SSD instead of HDD for better storage and performance.

Follow the steps discussed above to speed up Mac and say good bye to spinning beach balls and abnormal startup.