It REALLY IS "The Most Advanced Desktop Operating System In the World," IMO.
#My mac runs slow how do i fix it mac os
You may be impressed at how much is going on behind-the-scenes with Mac OS X. Spotlight takes a long time the FIRST time it indexes whole volumes, but no noticeable performance change is detectable (to me) after that, as it only incrementally indexes newly created files and data ( FAR less indexing that the first run on a whole volume).Īctivity Monitor has proven an indispensable tool for seeing all the "invisible" processes that are running and are not apparent to you otherwise. (A shareware utility that allows you to delete the current Spotlight index might not be a bad idea, as Spotlight would after which start fresh and run without interference while you're asleep.) Spotlight SHOULD resume, and the magnifying glass should pulsate again. Then, if you DO want Spotlight to index everything (say, while you're sleeping) do the reverse and highlight each drive in the Privacy column and click the minus sign. This will stop Spotlight from indexing and consuming your storage I/O, CPU and other system resources. Add your boot drive and any other connected drives. If you want, you can go to System Preferences–>Spotlight–>Privacy and click the plus symbol at the bottom left of the of the leftmost column. But in my experience, Spotlight hasn't exacted a troublesome performance penalty while I continued to browse, email, use Photoshop, Pages, etc. If the Spotlight magnifying glass icon in the very top right of your menu bar contains a small dot that subtly grows and shrinks, then Spotlight is indexing your hard drive (including the contents of each file). The above answer about Spotlight indexing is indeed one probable culprit. Having TOO MUCH experience with Macs going sluggish, the one thing I do know is that (unfortunately) there can be innumerable causes. WARNING! This "answer" does address the question, but also goes on to includes a whole lot more information that I hope some people can benefit from.įor many this will be known information.
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