Do you feel your Mac is performing slow & sluggish, or do you feel as if it is running out of space? Before you decide to get rid of your old MacBook, let’s find out some of the most common issues a Mac user may experience and how you can fix some of these issues. Of the various problems, storage space can be one among them that can play an important role in determining how fast your Mac performs. The more your storage space is used, the slower your Mac begins to perform. Users need to know how to get rid of other storage on Mac by clearing up the disk space in addition to other common computer problems an Apple user may experience.
- Mac unable to boot properly
If you think your Mac has booting issues and all you can see is a gray or blank screen during start-up, the best way to resolve the issue is to boot the Mac in Safe Mode. Using Safe Mode will resolve the directory issues automatically, and the Mac will boot with limited drivers and software.
- Remove Apps that are not compatible with Mac Operating System
Certain apps boot automatically during the start-up of your Mac device. You can easily find an app causing a problem on your Mac. A blue-colored screen is a sign that one of the apps is incompatible with Mac OS. Try removing the incompatible app to check whether the issue is fixed.
- Click ‘System Preferences > Users & Groups > Choose your name, which will be displayed under ‘Current User’.
- Select an app and then click the ‘-‘ button.
Check whether the Mac issue is resolved. If not, try one by one with other apps unless you find the app causing the trouble. You can add the compatible apps again by clicking the ‘+’ button.
- MacBook becoming Sluggish
Briefly speaking, look at ‘Other’ storage on Mac that comprises different files that do not match any specific storage category such as photos, music, videos, apps, etc. Some of the examples of other categories include personal files as well as junk files. System caches, PDF documents, Microsoft Word documents, voice files, app plugins, extensions are few examples of ‘Other’ storage in Mac. Just by clearing those items, you can free up a lot of disk space.
How to discover the disk space ‘Other’ storage is taking?
- Navigate towards the ‘Apple’ menu.
- Select the category called ‘About This Mac’
- Click the option denoted as ‘Storage’
You will have to wait for few seconds as the Mac will be calculating the storage space used and the remaining disk space. The space used by each file will be represented in different colours.
You can get advanced information about the storage space being used by hovering your mouse to ‘Storage > Manage > Recommendations’. It has to be noted that users will not be able to remove all the files from the ‘Other’ category in Mac.
- Clean File Extensions and File Size
- Clear Temporary Files
- Clear Cache Files
- Delete Downloaded Files
- Clear ‘Images’ and ‘Archives’
- Remove App Extensions
- Delete iTunes Device Backups
- Mac Computer Hanging Issue
Some applications can cause the hanging issue in your Mac computer, and such applications can freeze up your computer for a longer duration. You won’t be even able to quit out of it.
- Go to Apple Icon in the upper-left corner and select the Force Quit menu.
- Click the Force Quit button.
- Select applications and click the Force Quit button
- Lack of proper internet connection
Mac users may experience connectivity issues at times. The best way to quickly resolve such a connectivity issue is to ‘Forget the Network’ and then reconnect with it. It usually happens when you can successfully connect your Wi-Fi with your iPhone and iPad while being unable to connect with a Mac computer.
- Navigate towards the ‘Network’ page in ‘System Preferences’.
- Select the ‘Advanced’ button.
- You can see a detailed list of ‘Preferred Networks’.
- Select your existing Wi-Fi to which it already says connected, and then click the ‘-‘ button to ‘Remove’ the Wi-Fi connection by opting to forget it.
- Now again, click the Wi-Fi icon displayed in the menu bar and try reconnecting to the network by entering the password.
- Your connectivity issue will be resolved.
Thus, Mac users should try fixing these five common computer issues by following the troubleshooting steps mentioned above. It is always better to give these basic tips a try before deciding to sell your old MacBook as you read in this article. Have any other tip for your fellow readers? Do let us know!