
To turn off, go to System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar, and ensure the following boxes are unchecked:
Turn Off Visual EffectsĮxtra visual effects can be nice - at the same time, they are superfluous and take up excess CPU. But Macs need a restart every now and then - doing so gives the memory (RAM) a quick clean, and gets rid of any lingering unused apps/processes running in the background. It’s easy to leave your Mac on all the time for the sake of convenience.
Select the checkbox in the Hide column next to every app you want to hide when you log in. Go to System Preferences > Users & Groups. Altering the list of startup programs should help speed up your Mac. When your Mac boots up, it tends to run a lot of unnecessary apps, which will slow it down. Quit or Force Quit demanding processes that aren’t needed. Click on CPU at the top of Activity Monitor and then the % CPU column to list all active apps by the amount of CPU they are using. This shows all the apps that are currently open on your Mac.
In the top-left corner, click on View > Windowed Processes.