Slow MacBook Air during zoom or any video calls

Seems my MacBook Air slows down dramatically when I am video calls like Teams or Zoom or GoogleMeet. The fan goes on and you just feel the MacBook Air is struggling to process anything else in the background. Is this simply that I didn't get enough processing power? I didn't add any when I bought this machine in Summer 2020.


How can I make it faster?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 6, 2021 4:52 AM

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Mar 7, 2021 2:18 PM in response to JFrank65

Hey there, JFrank65,


Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having trouble with the performance of your MacBook Air. We are happy to help!


You can use the information in the Apple Support article If your Mac runs slowly - Apple Support to troubleshoot slow performance of your Mac.


You can also use View disk activity in Activity Monitor on Mac - Apple Support to get more insight into where your computer's resources are being allocated.


Best!

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