7 Apps To Speed Up Your Mac

There are many ways to speed up your Mac, but perhaps the simplest method is to install a third-party application to help with the most common tasks, which range from freeing up system memory to cleaning out old junk that could be slowing your system down.

Some of the most popular applications that can up your Mac are as follows.

1. MacKeeper

Mac Keeper by ZeoBIT

MacKeeper is one of the most comprehensive Mac utilities available with dozens of features from system security to backups, system cleaning to optimisation. The optimisation features are the most interesting with oodles of options to remove caches, logs, unused languages and even parts of applications that aren’t needed.

It’s possible to control your Mac login items and the default apps used to open specific file types. The most impressive thing about MacKeeper however is its extremely long list of features – it really is one of the most comprehensive all-in-one utilities available.

More details: MacKeeper official website
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Drive Genius 3 by Prosoft

Drive Genius 3 is actually what Apple uses at the Genius Bar as part of the ProCare Yearly Tune Ups! Drive Genius 3 is a very powerful tool that can optimise all aspects of your hard disk and therefore lead to some substantial performance gains. Features include constant monitoring of your hard drive to check for problems (when your computer is idle), as well as disk defragmentation which aims to improve startup time and open applications more quickly.

Mac OS X already defragments files but only in certain circumstances, so there can still be fragmentation issues which impact your Mac’s disk access times. Additional features include disk benchmark tests and many other utilities such as the ability to clone a disk or perform a completely secure erase.

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3. Cocktail

Cocktail by Maintain

Cocktail is a general purpose utility to help clean, repair and optimise your Mac. There are dozens of built-in tools as well as system tweaks, conveniently accessible in a single application.

Five separate categories are available: disks (repair missions, modify sleep settings), system (run maintenance scripts, purge inactive memory), files (clear caches, logs, temporary files, language files), network and interface (modify hidden settings in Safari, Mail, iTunes and also customise Finder, Dock and the main login screen). There is also an automatic mode which vastly simplifies the whole task.

More details: Cocktail website

4. iBoostUp

iBoostUp by Codeius

iBoostUp is a general purpose system optimiser but includes some welcome capabilities such as reducing application sizes by deleting unused language packs.

Other features include being able free up system memory and remove duplicate files. In-app purchases are necessary to unlock some of its most useful features.

More details: App Store Link

5. MacCleanse

MacCleanse by Koingo

MacCleanse lets you reclaim hard disk space by removing offending items that may also be causing your Mac to run slowly. The features on offer are extensive such as wiping unused languages, clearing caches and log files, cookies, and “recently used” histories. An automatic scan and clean can be scheduled every day at set times, ensuring your Mac stays in good health.

More details: App Store Link

6. Appriority

Appriority by Northern Softworks

Appriority is unique in that it suspends your open applications when not in use in order to minimise the amount of CPU time consumed. Thus open applications will have more dedicated processor time and should in theory operate much faster.

Any open apps not currently used can be automatically suspended which means they don’t consume many system resources. The top 10 resource-intensive applications are conveniently displayed which allows you to choose which ones are eligible for suspension.

More details: App Store Link

7. Memory Cleaner

Memory Cleaner by Alice Dev Team

When you’ve got lots of applications open, all too often the multicoloured spinning beach ball appears which could mean your Mac is trying to free up some inactive memory so it can be used by the current application.

Memory Cleaner concentrates on just one thing – freeing up the system memory that’s not currently available to applications. The interface is simple and extremely easy to use, and it can improve overall system speed if it finds enough memory to liberate.

More details: App Store Link