Your Mac is running slow
A slow Mac is almost always caused by not enough free storage, too many apps opening at startup, or a background process hogging resources. Activity Monitor shows you exactly which one in under a minute.
Mac slowness has one of three causes: very low free storage (less than 10 GB free forces the system to use the hard drive as virtual memory, which is dramatically slow), too many login items that automatically open at startup (adding minutes to boot time), or a single runaway process consuming all available CPU. Checking these three things fixes most slow Macs without any hardware upgrades.
Fix-IT-Bot will walk you through each step — just tap, no typing needed.
Skip — I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Running cleaning apps that claim to speed up your Mac — most don't help and some cause problems
- Assuming your Mac needs replacing when the real causes are storage and login items
Signs you need professional help
- Activity Monitor shows normal CPU and memory but Mac is still slow
- Your storage is full and files can't be deleted
- Your Mac has an old spinning hard drive (HDD) and would benefit from an SSD upgrade
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