How to Fix Your Mac Running Slow After an Update

• September 04, 2025
• Admin
• Apple
• Macbook

How to Fix Your Mac Running Slow After an Update

 

·     Example: Mac

·     Steps:

 

1.  Restart Your Mac:

·     Click Apple menu → Restart

·     Confirm by clicking Restart.

 

2.  Check Storage:

·     Low storage slows down your Mac.

·     Go Apple menu → System Settings → General → Storage.

 

          

 

·     Delete or move unnecessary files if space is low.

      

 

3.  Clear Cache & Unneeded Files:

·     Removes temporary files and speeds up Mac.

·     Open Finder → Go

 

         

 

·     Go to Folder → type ~/Library/Caches/.

 

        

 

·     Select folders/files → Move to Bin → Empty Bin. 

 

  

 

4.  Remove Startup Items:

·     Stops apps from opening automatically.

·     Go Apple menu → System Settings 

·     General → Login Items.

 

    

 

·     Select unnecessary items → click – to remove.

 

         

 

5.  Free Up RAM:

·     Closing high-memory apps boosts performance.

·     Open Activity Monitor → Memory tab.

 

             

 

·     Find heavy apps → select → click X → Force Quit if needed.

 

     

 

6.  Delete Incompatible Apps

·     Old apps can slow your Mac or cause errors.

·     Open Launchpad.

 

         

 

·     find app → click and hold → click X → Delete.

 

           

 

·     Empty Bin → restart Mac.