How To Speed Up A Slow Mac Computer

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

Great work as always, Craig! Love your videos. It's like comfort food but for KZbin videos. I probably like it because it's never overly produced and it's a real person behind the scenes sharing their experience, how KZbin should be.

[@craigneidel]

Appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to watch them. Thanks 👍

[@grumpygeorge]

Thanks Craig, good stuff. I find that shutting my iMac down when I’m not using it keeps it fresh each time I start it up. It also saves energy, which is money. My wife used to leave it on ALL THE TIME. Ran slower and slower over time. Recently did some upgrades and now runs like new. It’s a 2011 27” iMac, upgraded the HDD to SSD, added 16gb of ram (had upgraded from 4gb to 16 previously) now 32gb and upgraded to Sonoma using Open Core Legacy Patcher. Considering the cost of a new one, the $200 spent was worth it.

[@craigneidel]

Nice, yes why spend more money than you need to and only $200 is a bargain. Thanks for watching and good luck with everything.

[@nickcossentino1257]

Great video Craig, very helpful with little tricks everyone should know.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

[@MrPersonalTrader]

after 8 month you recorded this video I watched and it was very helpful.

[@craigneidel]

@@MrPersonalTrader thanks for the feedback

[@Yur55]

thank you so much! my macbook had a file that i dont use at all using 100GB which was insane for me to see because i have 245GB on my laptop and it kept freezing every few seconds so i wasn't able to play many many of my games since i kept dying cause i was frozen. your a lifesaver!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching the channel.

[@Andronicus]

Useful advice. Thanks.

[@craigneidel]

Appreciate it 👍

[@Andronicus]

@@craigneidel Took your advice and my 2019 iMac is definitely faster now. I'd been worried that it was slowing up and possibly on its way out.

[@craigneidel]

@@Andronicus thanks and I'm glad to hear that.

[@AM.Production.LasVegas]

Thank you very much for your, fantastic explanation. Bravo

[@craigneidel]

@@AM.Production.LasVegas thanks for the feedback and for watching.

[@eduardowatkinz]

Danke schön

[@craigneidel]

Welcome and thanks for watching.

[@robertadamo3455]

Very informative Thanks!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for feedback.

[@trinzies]

thank you!! unrelated but ur video quality is so crisp.. its super satisfying to watch

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching the channel.

[@BL-ky6ck]

This is a great video!

[@craigneidel]

@@BL-ky6ck thanks for watching the channel

[@asan1050]

Faster is always better! Craig, Thank you for posting.

[@craigneidel]

Not always - a Faster Disease is bad.. Just kidding.

[@asan1050]

🤪@@craigneidel

[@nancyroyston0427]

This is great thank you! I have dropbox running in the background but I need that (also at start up) - i've cleaned the rest up and looking forward to some speedy results!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for posting and good luck with everything. Yes, for sure if you need Dropbox then keep that as it won't use too much of the resources.

[@JoachimFalckHansen]

Craig thank you for making this video, really handy guide with your nice friendly rythm.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

[@Diegorussinho]

Very informative and helpfull

[@craigneidel]

Thank you.

[@maximssl]

very useful, thank you

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching.

[@skyurt6328]

Its working i love you brother

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching the channel.

[@Orwic1]

Thanks for this - really helpful!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching the channel

[@karlwalker]

Thank you Craig…the tips really helped 👍🏼👊🏼

[@craigneidel]

you got it.

[@normanparke1587]

Great help, thanks a lot !

[@craigneidel]

Thank you.

[@noreplySmithersofstamford]

thanks this video to help clean your mac desktop and make its fast was the best youtube video i have found on the internet,

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the nice words.

[@bryans8656]

Another great tutorial. I think many of your tips will be especially important for people who have base model Macs with 8GB/256GB.

[@craigneidel]

Thank you. Yes, it depends on resources but these are the Macs that normally have slowdowns or the resources can cause them.

[@DerekDavis213]

In the Windows world, ram is dirt cheap (as it should be). For example, 32gb of ram for 60 USD. In 2024, nobody buys a Windows PC with 8GB/256GB. 32 gigs of ram is the standard now (as it should be).

[@williameverets2736]

Thank You for the computer Class, helped greatly.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks William.

[@PeterCianci]

Concise, Fast and Accurate. Well done! Thank you.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for leaving a comment and for watching.

[@geminibodyshop71]

yet another great video I'm going to go through your videos but could you do a crash corse on I movie, you seem to put things over easy and I just get them thank you keep up the good work

[@craigneidel]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do but now I'm using Capcut for Mac which is the best free editor. I did a few iMovie tutorials a while ago so search my channel for those also.

[@LeaZalehaSix5]

Thank you so much. ❤

[@craigneidel]

Welcome and thanks for watching.

[@lorensims4846]

Great tips, especially in regard to "appearing" faster. If your Mac is on Apple Silicon, it's NOT slow! Apple has always recommended keeping at least 10% of your disc space empty. Your calculations are closer to those for a swap file, which may be more appropriate. BTW, the "recycle bin" is a Windows thing. Mac users have always had Trash. But, as you say, not everything you delete goes there. You really may be running more programs than you realize. Some programs do collect sizeable caches, and a shutdown or at least a restart can will usually flush those.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks. Yes the space you should keep is a bit variable but in the end it can cause a slowdown for sure. Thanks for the info and also for watching another video.

[@DerekDavis213]

" If your Mac is on Apple Silicon, it's NOT slow!" If your Mac with Apple Silicon is running Blender or Maya for 3D Modeling, then it is much slower than a Windows PC. And the Windows machine is also *much* *cheaper* .

[@sandrasmartt7772]

I thought this was helpful. I liked how you guided us. I could follow well.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@JillWrightNailTechEvent]

New sub & thanks so much for walking us thru all these processes while simplifying it, too! ✌

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching and for the sub.

[@TRXOfGreenville]

Can you make a battery video, as in how to save the most battery on mac please

[@craigneidel]

I made an older one but may make something in 2024.

[@davidcai3600]

what is the mouse that you are using?

[@craigneidel]

I did a video on it a while back - kzbin.info/www/bejne/opi0ZoGbmZV9f6M

[@rtcurtis5858]

Craig, I use a small lightweight program called Red Quits which enables the apps running to be terminated by hitting the red x in the window corner.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks. I did a video on using the built in Mac shortcuts app to do that in about 2 minutes. Check that out. Thanks again.

[@christinestevens5284]

This was not helpful but easy to follow along and at a comfortable pace. Great job!!

[@craigneidel]

Ok thanks

[@evieruth01]

Thanks, dude

[@craigneidel]

Welcome and thanks for watching the channel.

[@evieruth01]

Helped a lot 🎉

[@craigneidel]

Thank you.

[@DanOReilly46]

How can I tell which processes to close? What does my computer need to be running? I don't want to close the wrong thing. I seem to have so many but I'm not sure if that's normal.

[@craigneidel]

You can look up the processes on Google to see what they do and what can be closed etc. Just make sure things don't startup in the background you are not using.

[@grantsrun7464]

Thank you, very helpful for a windows user, going to try this on my girlfriend's Mac!

[@craigneidel]

Ok, and good luck with everything.

[@grinreaper417]

replayd is using 80% of my cpu, I got no clue what it is or how to turn it off, could someone help me?

[@craigneidel]

I'm not sure what that is but will let you know if I find something. I would look on Google though.

[@grinreaper417]

@@craigneidel Alright

[@blackbelt0555]

Criag, great work by the way! I was hoping you could cut through the maze of choices and give me your simple combination of hardware for an external SSD for my 2017 iMac 27". It's the 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core I5, with 24 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Memory. I've watched a ton of your videos so know there are many SSD routes, but what would you recommend today for my machine? I'm not a gamer or super user. I do a fair amount of video production and need faster iMovie for sure.

[@craigneidel]

I really only do product showcases on these not full reviews as I have a bunch of these coming in and do the initial testing. With that said I think they are all very close. Note that you may not get the same speeds at what you see in the videos as the 2017 has older Thunderbolt connections and I would need to test this on my 2017 iMac if I get some time to see which one works the best. Acasis works great too and so does the Qwiizlab on my M1 or M2 Macs but I will need to test on my 2017 soon. Maybe reach out the the companies and ask what to expect in the meantime and see who actually emails you back. Then go with that company for the support side.

[@blackbelt0555]

@@craigneidel Thanks again! Great videos.

[@craigneidel]

Appreciate that.

[@123BYB]

Really helpful my Mac is still slow but it’s gonna take time I’m using too much memory 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️need to upgrade memory bank

[@craigneidel]

Yes, memory makes a huge difference for sure.

[@DKK_GUBG3B]

My goddamn Mac is so slow that I’m on the 3rd tip and I’ve been following and loading for 20min now😂

[@craigneidel]

@@DKK_GUBG3B yeah sometimes they are too far gone

[@ronanmahon]

mac feels faster already :)

[@craigneidel]

Nice, thanks for watching.

[@sallymiller4196]

This is too advanced for me to follow.

[@craigneidel]

Advanced?

[@Andrefrr]

didnt work

[@craigneidel]

Ok.

[@DKK_GUBG3B]

Ur comment have too good punctuation I have a bad feeling that theyre bots

[@craigneidel]

I have not idea what you are talking about. Bots? I answer all of the questions myself.

[@DerekDavis213]

How to speedup a slow Mac? The same way you speedup a Windows machine. More RAM. Oops, that is impossible. How about larger or faster SSD? Oops. not possible. Only one option left: go buy a new computer.

[@craigneidel]

Why watch a mac channel if you don't like Macs. Funny to me. No, there are other items you can do. The new M chip Macs really don't need much help since they are so fast that most don't need more power.

[@DerekDavis213]

@@craigneidel I like Intel-based Macs. I own one. M chips are fast, that is true. But to sell a computer with only 8 gigs of non upgradeable memory, in 2024? omg

[@craigneidel]

I agree that they should come with 16 and 512 min. That is true for sure.​@@DerekDavis213

[@DerekDavis213]

@@craigneidel Amazon is of course the dominant retailer worldwide. And they make huge profits, every year. Amazon sells a 8gb RAM module for laptop computer for just 19 USD. What does Apple want for the 8gb to 16gb upgrade?

[@craigneidel]

Way more then that. Yes, Apple makes a ton on their upgrades.