No micromanagement to optimize your disk spaceParallels Toolbox does the dirty work for you.

Help For Slow Mac Can Be

However, the process of speeding up that slow Mac can be a lot easier with Parallels Toolbox for Mac and Parallels Toolbox for Windows.

These are the following topics well go over for slow Mac tips.

Its an invaluable resource that helps users understand where their systems resources are being allocated in real time.

Users can view their CPU, memory, network, disk activity, and usage, as well as individual tasks.

Its valuable to think of the Activity Monitor as the Mac equivalent to PCs Task Manageraka the CTRLAltDelete on a Mac.

Ill walk you through how to use the Activity Monitor to manually micromanage resource-heavy applications running in the background.

Pay close attention to what programs are causing large impacts to these tabs.

If these are running in the background and you had no idea they were even open, go ahead and double-click the Process Name or App Name to find out more details about memory, statistics, open files, and ports.

That happens because macOS is constantly swapping memory to disk, especially for setups with low initial RAM.

Select the Storage tab to see a helpful but generalized breakdown of your Macintosh HD storage usage, similar to this image.

Click that button to see macOS System Information and a detailed breakdown of your storage usage.

Before you choose which one to use, Ill walk you through each option.

This is a wonderful solution to saving some space on your local diskhard drive, but it also can become expensive.

If you need more space, you can always upgrade to a larger storage plan.

You can find an Apple support page listing the pricing, as well as family pricing.

However, this is billed monthly and can quickly add up over time.

Since HD movies, especially in 4k format, are extremely large files, this can help keep your Mac from running out of space without thinking about it.

You can, of course, download them again any time if youve purchased them from your Apple account.

If you turn this on, macOS will automatically delete old items out of the trash after 30 days.

The downside to this is if you often delete files and then go back and attempt to find themtheyre gone.

Organizing by File Browser seems to be the most helpful to browse the documents and folders that use the most storage.

However, some of these options are timely and take away from other projects you could be working on.

Help For Slow Free And Running

The Clean Drive tool in Parallels Toolbox keeps your Mac clutter-free and running at max speed.

It automatically scans, detects, and lets you choose what to deleteall with one click.