The only place I like to watch a beach ball is on the beach itself. And the place where the less I like to see it is on my MacBook Pro ailing where the happy ball has become too familiar presence. If your Mac has become unbearably slow, there are several ways to restore life.
Before you perform any maintenance, I recommend that you back up all your information. In the case of Macs, it's easy: Look for an external hard drive and run the application Time Machine . With the hard drive backed Mac, you can intone proceed.
1. Replace your hard drive with an SSD
Moving from traditional magnetic hard drive one solid state drive (SSD) is the best thing you can do to improve the performance of a MacBook already advanced in years. This is a photo gallery where we explain step by step how to update your Mac with an SSD . You'll be amazed not only how easy it is, but how well it will make the performance of your machine.
I myself just do that, and I replaced the hard drive of 500 GB of my MacBook Pro 2011 with solid state disk Samsung 850 EVO of the same capacity. The Samsung SSD and SATA-USB cable cost me just over $ 200 on Amazon. And the whole process took less than an hour (not counting the half day that took him to clone the hard drive in the MacBook SSD).
The hardest part was finding a Torx screwdriver size 6T to remove the four screws that secure the disk to the computer chassis.
2. Add more RAM
Take that you're changing the hard drive to your Mac to add more random memory, which is also a simple process.
First you have to identify the specific memory module for your MacBook model. The brand does not matter much, just have the type, speed and amount of memory due. Apple has a useful support page that shows the memory specifications of different models, along with an illustrated guide to replace the memory modules ..
In my case, my MacBook Pro early 2011 has two DIMM slots, each occupied by a 2GB module. As had no empty slot, he needed to replace those two modules with two of 4 GB. So, I needed DDR3 memory with a speed of 1,333 MHz. After finding adequate memory, follow the guide with photos below to install the new modules.
3. Clean your hard drive
Sometimes all you need is a MacBook cleaning. Over the years, it has probably filled with files and applications you no longer use or need.
Desintala old applications
For starters, look in the Applications folder and downloads. If you see an application there that do not remember installing, chances are you will not needed. Move them to the Trash to reclaim some space on your hard disk.
Each application that installs has related files left behind when you move it to the Trash. As the operating system Mac OS X does not have a built -in uninstaller, AppZapper can uninstall applications and related files. The first five cleanings are free, and then you have to pay US $ 12.95.
Clean the applications you use
The next step is to clean the applications that you run. When you install an application on a Mac, the software comes as part of a package of files, such as permissions that tell the operating system what users can do what thing specific files.
Over time, these permissions may change, leading to the computer becomes slow, it freezes or simply stop working. To repair these permissions, OS X has a built -in tool called Disk Utility .
Identifies which applications use the most resources
If your Mac seems to need a nap every afternoon, at the time that more work you have, there is a way to see which applications are using more system resources. Open Activity Monitor .
The numbers change constantly, but show the CPU and memory resources each app is using. After watching the Activity Monitor for a while this morning, I realized that Firefox usually takes more CPU resources and more than three times the amount of memory.
Perhaps it is time to abandon Firefox and Chrome use only. In addition, I identified that iTunes does not monopolize as many resources as I thought. My apologies to iTunes.
Deletes large files that do not use
Now that you dealt applications, it is time to take a look at the files that crowd the hard drive. You can use Finder to find those big files. Open Finder and select the volume where you want to search. Then choose File> Find (or press Command-F ). Mark on the scroll menu type , and choose Other . When the window opens Select a search attribute flag Grid File Size , it unchecks the other grids and mark OK .Change the option from the pulldown menu of "equal to" a "greater than" and then changes the KB toMB . Enter a minimum file size, say, 100 MB. Then you can delete any file that is included in the list and you no longer need, or you can place it on an external disk.
4. Reduce the number of items login
If your Mac is slow to log on, the problem may be that too many applications are activated at the beginning. You will probably never decide to rush out so alone.
5. Keep your operating system updated
Apple publishes free new versions of its operating system, so that there is no justification for not keeping it updated. The new versions have improved performance and security to keep your Mac running efficiently.
Check periodically with the Updates tab of the Mac App Store to check for operating system updates, and do not ignore notifications ready to install updates.
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