Mac Uptime gets system slower

[expectchaos]

Hello Folks,

I would like to get tips in order to speed up my M1. I am used to reboot it something like 3/4 times per month, so i basically have good uptime and i never shutdown it even while i am sleeping or AFK.

Additionally i keep opened my browsers (Safari+Brave) and tab opened with other 5/6 apps (no video editing or similar high-consuming resources).

Is there anything i can do in order to avoid the shutdown and keep the mac quite faster such as i get it when i do a reboot? Great speed for 2-3 days, then it gets slower. I noticed that if i reboot only the browsers, it gain instantly a boost, so i believe there is something in browser cache or temporary browser files which slows down the system.

Would be nice if there is an app or an automation which delete these files every X hours.

Thank you!

 

[jav6454]

Several things:

1. Specs of your Mac
2. What is the average memory pressure and CPU load look like?

 

[lcubed]

run activity monitor and look at the cpu and memory usage.

there's quite a few websites that suck up huge amounts of cpu and memory.

 

[pshufd]

I use Firefox and my M1 mini, running Big Sur, usually stays up about a month at a time. I run Firefox for a browser.

 

[yitwail]

What about logging out instead of shutting down? Takes less time and should improve performance.

 

[Toutou]

I don't reboot/shutdown my Air at all (only for upgrades) and I'm not noticing any slowdowns after any number of days. I have an IDE + database + webserver running 80 % of the time and one or two browsers (Safari + Firefox) running like 95 % of the time.

 

[vs40]

I'm usually restart my M1 Air only after big updates, requiring it.
Right now I have 32 days uptime and no slowing whatsoever.
Only thing I do is restarting some RAM hungry apps every few days.

 

[expectchaos]

I am trying to use OneTab extension on my Brave browser and monitoring browsers consuming activity. I read that having too many tabs opened could slow down performances, i will keep updated this post. I suddenly got a decrease of CPU resources dedicated to Brave

 

[lcubed]

check using the activity monitor.
that one can show which browser thread is soaking up resources.