Your friend's idea of cleaning out files will only help to free up disk space - which could be part of the issue if your drive is really full. Post back results and any more information you have. IF your hard drive fails the SMART check that Onyx runs on startup you will need to open Disk Utility and run disk repair and permissions repair then run Onyx.ģ. Run the Automation mode and restart your mac. It is free and once installed it will run a check on your hard drive and then open up the interface. It will do a lot of cleaning out of stuff you do not need and it is very safe. Be sure to pick the version that works with your version of OS X.
I suggest you download a utility called Onyx and run it. On the screen that opens up click on the storage button and tell us how large is your hard drive and how much of your hard drive is free.Ģ. How full is your hard drive? Click on the apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen and select About this Mac. First if your computer is running slow a bit more information would help.ġ.
