A sluggish Mac is usually not a sign that the hardware has suddenly given up, but that cached data and other temporary files have quietly piled up in the background. Clearing those caches is one of ...

How to clear your Mac cache (and why it makes such a big difference when you do) ...

Learn how to clear system data on your Mac to free up storage space, improve performance, and optimize your device in just a few steps.

Logs, caches and plugins all serve a purpose on your Mac. The problem is that they tend to hang around long after they stop being useful. If you want to know how to clean Mac storage and free up space ...

This is a guest post by Vera Tkachenko, a software team lead at MacPaw. For the first time, the Mac operating system comes with cleaning tools. The new Optimized Storage feature in macOS Sierra might ...

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...