How do I fix slow performance on a 5-year-old MacBook Air while using Discord?

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How do I fix slow performance on a 5-year-old MacBook Air while using Discord?

Hello, Recently my macbook has become slower especially when i use discord on the web or app version. I’ve had my macbook for 5 years now — i’ve tried clearing storage especially my system data. I don’t know what to do at this point any advice is appreciated

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.7

Posted on May 29, 2025 7:27 PM

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May 29, 2025 8:21 PM in response to immy144

If your MacBook Air is new enough to run macOS 14.7 (Sonoma), that implies that it is from 2018 or later, has a SSD, and has at least 8 GB of RAM.

Discord seems to be some sort of messaging and social media application. There is a page on the Discord site that lists system requirements. It contains information about minimum OS versions and browser versions, but does not seem to have any details on how fast your hardware (CPU, GPU) has to be.

If things have "become slower", that would suggest that

You are filling the SSD to the brim,
You are running software that is taking up a lot of resources,
You have started doing things that require more resources (e.g., video chat as opposed to text messages), or
You have problems with the speed of your Internet connection

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