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Hey, what's up guys, Stephen Guld of Mac here and as much as I'm loving macOS Sierra
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there's no doubt that it still has a handful of issues. The good news is though, that a lot of these can be fixed easily by users
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So without further ado, here are 3 common problems experienced with macOS Sierra and
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how to solve them. This one is pretty annoying, if you receive this message, don't panic
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There are things you can do to sort it. For starters, try emptying your Mac's cache
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To do this, open the finder window and select go to folder in the go menu
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Next type in tilde forward slash library forward slash caches and hit enter to go to that folder
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and empty it. If that doesn't work, you might also hold down command and option when you launch the app
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Another option could be to do with security. Go to the security and privacy system preferences on your Mac and check the allow applications
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downloaded from anywhere setting. If this doesn't work, try resetting your computer's pram at startup
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To do this, shut down your Mac and turn it back on. As soon as you hear the startup sound, hold down command option P and R. Hold these down
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until you hear the computer restart and the startup sound playing for another time
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Hopefully one of these should solve the problem. We've all been there, you upgrade to the latest OS which looked amazing on all of Apple's
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demos only to find that our Macs are now running much more slowly than they were before
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Still that can be an indicator that an upgrade is in your future if you're running Mac OS
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Sierra on a Mac that's getting on in years. But there are other things you can do
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The first is to reduce your RAM usage, or possibly upgrade it to make your machine run faster
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To easily check on what is using memory on your Mac, launch activity monitor and check
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the memory tab is selected. You can then banish the widgets or memory hogging apps causing your machine to run slowly
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A pram reset like the one mentioned earlier won't hurt either. On top of this, repairing disk permissions with the disk utility can have a big impact
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From slow Macs to something just as irritating, slow WiFi. There are a few things you can do here
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First off just power off your router and check if it requests any updates
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You can also try turning off Bluetooth. Another possibility is deselecting proxies which you do by going to system preferences
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network, advanced and proxies tab and then uncheck any box that is ticked under select protocol
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Hit ok and then hit apply. Hey presto, super fast WiFi once more
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We hope. If this doesn't work, I'd suggest deleting your existing WiFi preferences
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This means removing system configuration files so make sure to back your Mac up first
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Start by quitting any apps that are using WiFi. Then turn it off using the WiFi menu
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Next select go in the finder menu, then enter the path that's on screen and I'll make
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sure it's in the description down below so you can copy and paste
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Once you've done this select the following files. Then remove the files, either by putting them in a folder on your desktop or putting them
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in the trash. Next up reboot your Mac using the restart button and when you're back up and running
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turn back on the WiFi. Hopefully this should immediately work as usual
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So there's three common problems and solutions for macOS Sierra. Have you experienced any macOS Sierra issues so far
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Let me know in the comments down below and I'll be back soon with more problems and solutions
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for Apple's latest desktop OS
