Quick and Easy Tricks to revitalizing your Mac

Are you struggling with slow Mac performance? Now, need not to worry because I have got a couple of easy and quick tricks for your slow Mac. So, when I got stuck due to this slow Mac behaviour after any updation, the first thing I prefer to do is checking my system configuration.

So, it is advisable to check hardware configuration of your Mac whenever you feel undesirable performance. As we know with every upcoming version of Mac OS X, Apple usually increases system requirements for many good reasons. As these applications perform complicated tasks, there lies a valid reason behind increase in hunger for memory consumption. This consumption of more space in memory may affect Mac speed and performance.

So, determining the need of memory or RAM is must, before increasing RAM or performing any other step.

Clearing Clutters from your Mac:

It is one of the common reasons of slowing down Mac speed. Clearing these unwanted files such as duplicate files, log files, universal binaries, etc. using some software may help to regain its previous speed. With the passage of time, there accumulates plenty of files in our machine (out of which some are useless) and consume a lot of space in our drive. You can clean such types of files and your entire drive using Stellar Speedup Mac tool.

If slow behaviour is not because of any above reasons then there could be any troublesome file located in drive causing the issue. So, this kind of issue can be resolved by resetting your PRAM. Now, you need to know some simple steps to reset your PRAM to avoid such issues.

Resetting Your PRAM:

Resetting PRAM is important and easy step that let enhance your Mac performance. It also clears out all potential issues of your Mac. PRAM resetting clears out all caches on your drive that are responsible for sluggish Mac.

To reset you’re PRAM: During the boot process, hold down [Option] + [Command] + [P] + [R] together, immediately just after Mac has shutdown.After this, your Mac will reboot again. After which you can release those keys and now you have successfully reset your PRAM.

Monitoring Activity Monitor:

When you are at the height of multitasking (performing many tasks at a time),you might feel the need of taking a nap in every noon. In Mac, there is an easy way to see which open applications using most CPU and memory resources.

Just open the Activity Monitor. You will see the numbers are constantly fluctuating, showing you the amount of system resources used by each application. For example: This morning when I am watching the Activity Monitor, I found that Firefox generally takes more CPU resources and about triple the memory resources compared to chrome. So, perhaps now it's time to abandon Firefox use for me and replace it with Google Chrome exclusively.

Safe Boot improve performance by clearing out cache:

Starting your Mac in safe boot will clear all the cache stored on your drive. Safe boot process can take a bit more time than resetting PRAM. But, it is another good way to purge some files that cause performance issues.

For a safe boot: Reboot your system and hold down [Shift] key, during boot process, until you see the login screen. When you reach the login screen, you will succeed to see the words Safe Boot within the login pane. Log in and reboot to complete the process.