Check system health After ensuring your Mac’s files are properly backed up, confirm the Mac itself is operating properly. Using an Apple silicon Mac, run Apple Diagnostics by pressing and holding the Mac’s power button until you see the Options icon display on screen, then release the power button and press and hold both the Command and D keys. (Different steps are required to run the diagnostics using an Intel chip-powered Mac.) Apple’s test checks numerous components, including a Mac’s sensors, battery, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi equipment, storage drive, processor and memory. Review the results and address any issues that arise with your company’s IT staff or an Apple technician as recommended by the diagnostics utility

Highlight Mac Apps You Never Use How often have you tested out an application on your Mac and then never used it again? This rule will use the handy Set color label feature to highlight the apps we may want to get rid of. If there’s any application in the Mac /Applications folder that hasn’t been opened in a year, it will turn it purple.