To deal with this issue Apple Laptop Support experts of GlobalTech Squad bestow complete assistance at just one call
Although Mac computers are known for its uninterrupted and smooth functioning, sometimes you may come across a sluggish performance of your device. To deal with this issue Apple Laptop Support experts of GlobalTech Squad bestow complete assistance at just one call. To overcome slow performance of Mac, herein we have provided some simple troubleshooting steps.
First and foremost thing, if your Mac is running slow, don’t download a program that claims that it will boost up your Mac speed. Instead of downloading such programs try to find out the root cause of the problem. Follow these steps to find out:
Check if a Program is hogging the power or memory
- Open the activity manager
- To open activity manager go to Applications> Utilities> Activity Manager
- Alternatively, you can open it by clicking cmd+space and typing Activity Manager
- In Activity Manager, you will see five tabs: CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk, Network
- To find out if something is hogging the power or memory, click on Memory
- The resulting window will show a list of programs running on Mac, along with a Memory Usage graph. if it is green, everything is good with your system.
- But, if it is Red, it means Mac Operating System is having problems with managing memory and it could be the reason for the sluggish performance of your Mac.
- To find out which program or application is causing the problem, organize the list by memory usage and you will find the cause of a problem.
- Make sure you skip the programs that have “root” listed as the user column and focus on apps running from your user account. Don’t quit “root” processes.
- Close the application that is using more memory, by selecting the app and closing its menu, or click on it in Activity Monitor and click on the cross “x” icon on the top left menu.
- Check the RAM memory being used in the block at the bottom of the table. If you don’t have enough RAM available you can upgrade the RAM. If you are unable to do so, call our Apple Laptop Support experts.
Check if an app is hogging a lot of CPU
- Click on the CPU tab and you will find information similar to Memory tab.
- The graph at the bottom will show user CPU usage and system CPU usage in blue and red respectively.
- If you find an app using a lot of CPU cycles, quit it.
- If a root process appears to be hogging the CPU, don’t quit it. It is a symptom of the problem. Find out the name of the process and Google about what it does.
- Usually, ‘Kernel_task’ creates a problem. It represents Mac OS's kernel and handles lots of low-level tasks.
- Several users complain that their MacBook Air runs very slowly when the ambient temperature is very hot and it reveals that ‘Kernel_task’ is hogging CPU cycles. In this case, the simple solution is to move it to a cooler place.
If you find it difficult to follow above-mentioned troubleshooting steps or having some other kind of problem in your Mac device, do not hesitate to get in touch with our adept team of Apple Laptop Support experts. We are 24/7 available for you at just one call. Call our Toll-Free 1-800-294-5907 or send an email at support@globaltechsquad.com to get the complete solution for your problems.