If your Mac has become painfully slow or unresponsive, you can hope to get immediate relief by using the Activity Monitor to close Apps consuming excessive CPU and RAM on your device. Close Apps Consuming Excessive CPU and RAM Next, open the Documents Folder and delete documents that you do not need.ĥ. After, this open Downloads Folder and delete all the unnecessary items from this Folder. Right-click on the Trash icon in Taskbar and click on Empty Trash. Clear Trash, Remove Unwanted Files from Downloads & Documents Folders On the next screen, click on Software Update Icon and install Update (if available). Your Mac can run slow, if it is busy downloading updates in background and also if it is waiting for an update to be installed.Ĭlick on Apple Logo in top-menu bar and select System Preferences in the drop-down menu. To confirm, remove USB Connected Devices from your Mac (except Keyboard and Mouse) > Restart your computer and see if it is now running faster. Going by our experience, USB 3.0 devices attached to Mac can interfere with proper functioning of Keyboard and Mouse, leading to slower browsing and delay while opening Apps. This will close open programs, terminate stuck Apps and running processes, clear out temporary files and also flush the RAM on your computer.

The easiest way to close Apps and processes consuming excessive amounts of RAM & CPU on Mac is Restart your device.

You should be able to Speed up Mac and notice a considerable improvement in the speed and performance of your slow Mac by using steps as provided below in this guide.

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