Diagnosing a Sluggish Intel Mac: A Field Manual
Eight terminal commands that tell you why an Intel Mac feels slow — swap, memory pressure, runaway CPU, rogue VMs, and sleep blockers — and how to read each one.
Eight terminal commands that tell you why an Intel Mac feels slow — swap, memory pressure, runaway CPU, rogue VMs, and sleep blockers — and how to read each one.
An Intel Mac draining ~28% overnight wasn't the failing battery — it was one Continuity feature holding the CPU awake. The one-toggle fix, with measured results.