My Mac felt slow, but hardware wasn’t the problem. Here’s how I fixed it. - Cult of Mac

I thought my M4 Pro Mac mini was running slow because it needed more RAM. Turns out, it needed some spring cleaning and better usage habits.

A powerful Mac can still feel slow when your workflow gets messy. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
A year into owning an M4 Pro Mac mini, it began feeling slow. With dozens of Chrome tabs and num…