Many applications by default open automatically at startup. If your Mac is slow to boot up, the problem may be it simply has too many applications to open that it can't load the OS in a timely fashion. For Macs, it's easy: grab an external drive and run Time Machine. If your Mac struggles to keep pace from time to time, the following are some ways you can clean and speed it up.īefore you engage in any maintenance, it's always a good idea to back up your data. I see the spinning beach ball more than I care to. Sure, the amount of garbage I've put on it since purchase can't match the amount of crap I found in my attic and basement, but it is slowing down some. I wanted to continue our cleaning momentum so I turned to my MacBook Pro.

Now our attic isn't as overwhelming, and our basement is less creepy. We celebrated each run to the dump as we literally lightened our load.

My wife and I recently cleaned out our attic and basement, throwing out and donating six years' worth of accumulated clutter.

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