Mac guides

Practical Mac health, storage, and cleanup guides.

Understand what your Mac is reporting before you delete files, stop processes, or change settings. These guides focus on evidence, recoverable actions, and honest unknowns.

Featured guides

Solve common Mac problems without guessing.

Each guide explains what the signals mean, what to check next, and which actions remain reversible.

Tend application inventory showing app size and update provenance

How to find what is taking up space on your Mac

Separate large folders, applications, downloads, exact duplicates, and cloud placeholders before deciding what can go.

Read the storage guide
Tend Health dashboard showing storage evidence and recommended fixes

How to clean Mac storage safely without losing files

Use previews, Trash-based recovery, backup evidence, and measured free-space changes instead of irreversible cleanup shortcuts.

Read the cleanup guide
Tend Health dashboard showing Mac health issues and trend evidence

Why is my Mac slow? An evidence-first checklist

Check storage pressure, memory availability, CPU use, startup items, sleep blockers, and recent changes in a useful order.

Read the performance guide
Tend Battery view showing capacity, cycles, drain sessions, and energy evidence

How to understand Mac battery health and drain

Learn the difference between long-term capacity, cycle count, short-term drain, energy-heavy apps, and sleep interruptions.

Read the battery guide

Use the evidence

See how Tend turns these checks into one local-first workflow.

Review the complete feature guide, or open support for installation, permissions, and scan coverage help.