![]() ![]() Just as running multiple applications does, widgets on your Dashboard can take up quite a bit of RAM (source: AppStorm). Mac Dashboard serves as a secondary Desktop for hosting widgets - simple applications that allow you quick access, such as a calculator or weather forecast that you use daily.īut having too many widgets can slow down your computer as well. ![]() However, for those users who process visually, using an Alias (or shortcut) on your Desktop gives you the icon without the system demands of that file or folder. The files and folders on your Desktop take up a lot more system resources than you may realize due to the way OS X’s graphical system works.įact: an overused Desktop can seriously slow down your Mac! Plus, a cluttered Desktop can make you feel disorganized. But a cluttered Desktop can seriously slow down your Mac, according to Lifehacker. Sure, saving icons and items on the Desktop makes it handy for you to access without extra clicks. Even if you have clicked the red “X” button to close the windows of those you don’t need, they are still running in the background. ![]() Note: macOS leaves applications running in the dock. When too many applications are competing to use your system resources, your Mac will run slowly. Why? According to Lou Hattersley, former Editor of MacWorld, if you have multiple programs running, you may find memory (RAM) and CPU space being devoted to applications other than the one you want. Chances are, your Mac starts to respond slowly. You open a web browser, play Spotify in the background, and launch a few other applications so you can get your work done. CNET claims that having overloaded login or startup items can both have detrimental effects on boot time. Login items are applications and services that launch automatically every time you start up your Mac. Lesson learned: shutdown or restart your Mac on a regular basis to clear out defunct processes. While running, processes build up, causing your Mac to slow down, overheat, or even freeze as I experienced. The truth is even though your Mac is sleeping, the hard drive is still running. Every time I finished working, I simply closed the Mac, putting it in sleep mode. The reason: I hadn’t shut down my Mac for a few weeks! I was too lazy. ![]() After handing over the machine to a support geek, the Apple Genius returned it to me ten minutes later with the screen on. I had to line up at the Apple Genius Bar on Chestnut Street in San Francisco. Two years ago, my mid-2012 MacBook Pro was so slow I couldn’t turn it on (“black screen”). Failing Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid State Drive (SSD) I have recently downloaded, and my Sims do live in a house from the gallery which may have CC I'm not 100% sure as I mostly redecorated but I myself do not use any mods or CC. I'm aware my Mac needs updating though don't see that being a problem? I don't run Sims on high graphics so I don't see that being the problem either. Now after reading similar posts I can give the following information which may be some use to any heros who can help, This was about a month ago now so yesterday I decided to give it another go, and the same thing happens as before. Other than that, ran perfectly! But just recently the game froze up a few times, so I closed the game, restarted it, about 2-3 minutes into gameplay it freezes again, so I repeat the process of closing the game an restarting it about 4-5 times and every time I do after about 2-3 minutes it freezes. I've been playing the Sims 4 on my Mac since I bought my Mac well over a year ago now - I've had the odd freeze here and there but nothing I've found unusual as this happened on my old gaming PC too, which I usually just put down to overheating. I'm wondering if someone could give me some technical advice as I'm useless! ![]()
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