When your Mac is new, you enjoy the speeds at which you open programs, work on pages and worksheets. The good experience does not last for a long time because it will come to a point when your Mac begins to slow down and if you don’t take any action, it can eventually come to a halt.
Your RAM is responsible for opening programs and files and some programs are programmed to run in the background. You allow cookies as you browse, install more programs, save more documents, and they all overwork the RAM. These tips on how to free up your Mac’s RAM will help.
Free up disk spaceÂ
Each day as you store more files and install more programs in your Mac, the disk space starts to fill up until a time when it will not allow any more files and programs. Unless you free up disk space, your Mac’s RAM will continually be slow.
Get external storage and transfer files that you will not be using soon. If you have external storage with a large capacity, you can transfer all your files and begin working from the external storage. You may also transfer your files in cloud storage or your Google account. You may want to use your Mac’s free storage in the drive memory if you need time to shop for good external storage.
When you get to free up RAM on Mac, make sure you check other important functions and know how to control fan speed as well because if its speed is too slow, your Mac can build up a lot of heat and make the RAM slow.
Remove some programs and apps
Some Mac users love storing their apps on the desktop or have desktop shortcuts for ease of access. Your Mac’s RAM will treat each icon on the desktop as an active program and they will all keep running in the background and thereby overworking the RAM.
Avoid saving apps or shortcuts on the desktop and save them on the hard disk. If there are programs and apps you no longer use or seldom use, remove them instead of keeping them and they keep overworking the RAM.
Reduce login itemsÂ
These are programs that run in the background automatically once you start your Mac. Some apps are programmed to add themselves automatically. When freeing up your Mac’s RAM, you stop the login items from running in the RAM upon startup but they remain installed in the operating system. Follow this procedure.
Go to System Preferences and open Users and Groups. Open your nickname and then log in to Items. Select all the programs you don’t want to run once you start your Mac and stop them.
Restart your Mac
The reason why your Mac is too slow could be because you have opened so many programs and they are all active on the RAM. If this situation applies to you, the solution is very simple. Restart your mark and the problem will be solved within a few seconds.
As your Mac restarts, it will close all the programs and files that were running and the only programs that will remain active are those that open automatically. The only bad news with this procedure is that you will lose any unsaved work and if the disk is full, it will not solve the problem at all.
Update the operating system
An outdated operating system can slow your Mac because it will not be able to fix program challenges that come with newer programs and applications. You can solve the problem of running on slow RAM by just updating your operating system to the latest version.
Clear your cache filesÂ
Anytime you browse the internet, your Mac stores the files temporarily for ease of access next time you key in the same information. In reality, you don’t need cache files even though they are stored on your Mac. There is no need to keep them and you should delete them daily before you shut down your Mac.
If you haven’t removed them for several months, they could be using your Mac’s memory, yet they are not adding any value to your work. Open your Mac finder, then go to the menu and open go to the folder. Type the information /Library/Caches in the file, then click go. All your cache files will display and you just need to press Command +A and confirm delete by entering your name and password.
Conclusion
The speed of your Mac’s RAM can be affected by many causes but they are all manageable and can be corrected. If one action fails to work, try the next one until you find a solution. If nothing works out for you, consider adding memory or your Mac could be demanding a replacement due to age.
