Speed up your Mac
Start up faster
Get up and running in double quick time
If your Mac is slow to boot up when you first switch it on, there’s several things you can do to get started with more haste. To begin with, make sure your apps and OS are up to date; then, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner to see if updates are available.
Then try these tricks.
Declutter your startup drive
Open a new Finder window (click on the desktop and press Cmd+N). Click on the Applications folder in the left-hand sidebar. If you now click on the Size column, you can show your apps in order of size, with the smallest or the largest at the top; if it’s the smallest, click Size again. With your apps arranged in size order, it’s easy to spot what’s taking up the most room. Remove apps you no longer use, such as a game you completed or an art package you tried, but didn’t like. To do this, download and use an uninstaller such as the free AppCleaner (freemacsoft.net/appcleaner) – this gets rid of the application and all its associated files, unlike dragging it into the Bin which sometimes leaves system files behind.