Mackbook air issues

Hey i been having my Mackbook for about 4 years now and I notice how this past summer my laptop was running slow, for a while I blamed it on my house wifi but when I came back to campus it got worse, what is frustrating is that it connects to the internet and it seems to be connected because I get all my messages but Safari and google chrome are so slow, work that could have been done in 30 or an hour takes me up to 2 to 3 hours it is getting frustrating and I dont know what it is. It is so difficult to be motivated to do my work when my laptop is so slow. So my question is does anyone know what could be happening ? I tried to clean my I cloud and deskopt and items that take a lot of space but it does not seem to work. Sometimes it overheats and i here a noise so i turn it off. It is so frustrating

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 2, 2022 8:01 PM

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Jack-19

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Jan 2, 2022 8:03 PM in response to Drealacabrona

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.

I believe we need to proceed with an EtreCheck report. EtreCheck is a useful App to diagnose and identify issues, both hardware and software. It is trusted by many users. Please follow the steps outlined below:

Navigate to: https://etrecheck.com and get the free version of EtreCheckPro.
Download it. It is a free and trusted app. It is often recommended here on Apple Support Communities.
Open EtreCheck, and before running the report, be sure to check “Allow full Drive Access” at the bottom of the EtreCheckPro window.
Run the report, and put it in a post, as shown here: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250000211. We will then examine the report for issues in your Mac.

Jack

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