How to SPEED UP YOUR MAC

1 Get rid of useless files.

Temporary files, file copies, oversized files and unused apps can take up a lot of hard drive space, which may affect your Mac’s performance. You may speed up your Mac by removing these files and apps. There are several ways of doing it:

• Empty the Trash
• Find and remove duplicated files
• Check your User, Applications, and Downloads folders for large files and unneeded apps
• Clean the cache via the Finder or the Terminal
• Clean the browser cache
• Repair disk permissions by using the built-in Disk Utility tool

If after updating your apps, you’ve discovered there are some apps you almost don’t use—it’s time for a Smart Uninstaller! It easily helps identify your most rarely used apps and wipes them clean for good—along with useless widgets, plugins, browser extensions, and much more.

2 Manage login items.

Some apps on your Mac are automatically added to the Login Items list, meaning that they will be launched every time you start your Mac, temporarily slowing down the computer and wasting your time. The appropriate solution is to go to System Preferences > Users & Groups, and then click your username in the pane on the left. On the Login Items tab, select the apps that you don’t want to be run on the startup, and then click the  minus "-" sign.

3 Clean your Mac’s RAM

RAM or Random Access Memory is the temporary data storage space your Mac uses to load apps and processes. This means that the more RAM memory available, the faster your Mac should run. MacKeeper allows you to monitor and manage your Mac’s memory usage and free it up in just one click.

4 Protect from viruses

Unfortunately, malware and viruses infect Macs too! An average MacKeeper user detects 3 viruses during their first Mac scan.

The best part is that MacKeeper helps you not only find viruses, but also delete them in a couple of clicks. Moreover, its Real-time Antivirus can deal with threats before they appear—once enabled, you’ll get alerts when opening a suspicious file.

5 Update your apps

Older versions of your apps may work slowly and, as a result, may slow down the entire system. To update them and thus speed up your Mac, you can download MacKeeper and use the built-in Software Update feature to keep all your apps always up-to-date.