My MacBook is around 5 years old or so and is starting to get slower. For instance, when I open an app, it starts lagging, and keeps looping.
I’m relatively new to Macs overall and really need more experience shared from your expert users: how do you guys do to keep everything going faster on mac and leave more free space?
How much free space does your mac have? There should be a minimum of 20-30% free. Any less than that and things can get sluggish. More free space, much faster speed
Yes, free space is highly related to your Mac speed. One common way to do this is to delete unnecessary duplicate files. Use an app to scan and find space-consuming duplicate files that you may not need. iBoysoft DiskGeeker for Mac is a reliable utility to help you instantly scan duplicate files and clear them at 1 click. Free up space with zero effort.
When your Mac space is cleaned up, run your application on mac to test it again. It would go much faster, no lagging issue bothers you
RAM should be sufficient (16GB minimum), as well. As far as I’m concerned, iBoysoft DiskGeeker for Mac also sports with memory boost feature, helping you free up memory space. Thus, your mac can run faster thanks to the improved system performance.