What to do when your Apple Mac slows down. If you are experiencing a slowdown, there are several things you can check before having a pro take a look.
Learn how to use Activity Monitor, Disk Utility and the System Preferences to look for obvious problems. There are also some other tips for clearing up trouble.
First check some basics, like hard drive space. See how much space you have free on the main hard drive.
If you've got less than 10% free, then consider getting rids of some files - archiving them off, or maybe using an external drive to store things.
You see, the Mac not only hard drive space to store files but it also uses it to swap out bits of memory while you're running applications.
