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What causes a slower computer
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<blockquote data-quote="maflynn" data-source="post: 1917166" data-attributes="member: 414404"><p>I'm a little late to this thread, so I'll say what I do to combat performance issues with my computers.</p><p></p><p>What I find is that performance does seem to degrade over time, regardless of whether its a PC or a Mac, though the PC is more likely to slow down over time more then a Mac.</p><p></p><p>My steps is basically go nuclear, just reformat and reinstall my apps. My thinking is that we pick up apps, and cruft that can pollute your system. As a for instance, with windows, just go to the task manager and look at the start up items. More often then not you have a lot of things starting up that you probably were not aware of.</p><p></p><p>For Macs, its less of an issue, but instead of spending a ton of time, trying to root out some causes, I just install MacOS. Obviously having a backup prior to doing this a must.</p><p></p><p>If you use cloud based storage, you really won't even have to worry about restoring your data either. Over the past few years, I ensure that any files I use are stored on the cloud, i.e., iCloud for my Mac and OneDrive for my Pc. That way just reinstall your apps that you use now, will keep the cruft to a minimum</p><p>YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maflynn, post: 1917166, member: 414404"] I'm a little late to this thread, so I'll say what I do to combat performance issues with my computers. What I find is that performance does seem to degrade over time, regardless of whether its a PC or a Mac, though the PC is more likely to slow down over time more then a Mac. My steps is basically go nuclear, just reformat and reinstall my apps. My thinking is that we pick up apps, and cruft that can pollute your system. As a for instance, with windows, just go to the task manager and look at the start up items. More often then not you have a lot of things starting up that you probably were not aware of. For Macs, its less of an issue, but instead of spending a ton of time, trying to root out some causes, I just install MacOS. Obviously having a backup prior to doing this a must. If you use cloud based storage, you really won't even have to worry about restoring your data either. Over the past few years, I ensure that any files I use are stored on the cloud, i.e., iCloud for my Mac and OneDrive for my Pc. That way just reinstall your apps that you use now, will keep the cruft to a minimum YMMV [/QUOTE]
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