17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should We've covered most of these at some time or another, but in short: Keep your desktop clean, keep an eye on open but unused apps, and—oh yeah—install more RAM if you need it. [ChrisWrites]

Has anyone tried an SMC reset? That can do wonders to fix a slow MacBook Pro. Instructions for the reset here - http://machmachines.com/macbook-pro-ru…