Macbook optimizer

💻 MacBook Optimizer

_Complete MacBook health & performance suite - No installation required_

A comprehensive, user-friendly skill for monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting MacBook performance. Works on all Macs (Intel & Apple Silicon) using built-in macOS tools. Unlike specialized tools, this provides actionable recommendations and automated fixes.

Why This Skill is Better

✅ No installation required - Uses built-in macOS tools

✅ Works on all Macs - Intel & Apple Silicon

✅ Actionable recommendations - Not just metrics, but solutions

✅ Automated fixes - Can clean up and optimize automatically

✅ User-friendly - Plain language, not technical jargon

✅ Complete suite - Monitoring + troubleshooting + optimization

✅ GUI-first - Opens visual tools automatically for non-technical users

✅ Visual reports - Charts, graphs, and emoji indicators for easy understanding

Capabilities

🔍 System Monitoring

• -CPU Analysis: Real-time CPU usage, temperature (via powermetrics), load averages, per-process breakdown
• -Memory Health: RAM usage, memory pressure, swap usage, identify memory leaks
• -Disk Intelligence: Space analysis, find large files/folders, duplicate detection, cache locations
• -Battery Diagnostics: Health percentage, cycle count, capacity, charging status, power consumption
• -Thermal Monitoring: System temperature, thermal state, identify overheating causes
• -Network Activity: Bandwidth usage, active connections, identify bandwidth hogs

⚡ Optimization Tools

• -Smart Cleanup: Automatically find and remove caches, logs, temp files, downloads, duplicates
• -Process Management: Identify resource hogs, suggest optimizations, safe process termination
• -Startup Optimization: Manage login items, background apps, reduce boot time
• -Storage Optimization: Find large files, suggest deletions, empty trash, clear caches
• -Performance Tuning: System settings recommendations, disable unnecessary services

🛠 Troubleshooting

• -Slowdown Diagnosis: Identify bottlenecks (CPU/memory/disk/network), root cause analysis
• -Overheating Solutions: Find hot processes, suggest cooling strategies, thermal management
• -Memory Issues: Detect leaks, suggest app restarts, memory optimization
• -Disk Problems: Full disk analysis, permission issues, disk health checks
• -Battery Issues: Health degradation, charging problems, power management

Usage Examples

Complete system check (with GUI):

Run a full system health check, show me the results visually, and fix any issues

Performance optimization (GUI mode):

My MacBook is slow. Open Activity Monitor and show me what's using resources

Overheating issue:

My MacBook is overheating. Show me the hot processes in Activity Monitor

Disk cleanup (visual):

Show me my disk usage visually and clean up automatically

Memory problems (GUI):

My Mac is using too much memory. Open Activity Monitor and highlight the memory hogs

Battery health (visual):

Show me my battery health in System Settings and optimize power settings

Startup optimization:

What's slowing down my Mac startup? Show me login items in System Settings

Find large files (visual):

Find all files larger than 1GB, show them in Finder, and suggest what I can delete

GUI-first requests:

Show me everything in Activity Monitor
Open System Settings to battery settings
Show me disk usage in a visual way

Advanced Commands Available

The agent intelligently uses these macOS tools:

System Info:

• -system_profiler - Complete hardware/software information
• -sysctl - System parameters and kernel settings
• -sw_vers - macOS version information

Process Monitoring:

• -top / htop - Real-time process monitoring
• -ps - Process status and details
• -lsof - List open files and network connections
• -launchctl list - Background services and daemons

Resource Monitoring:

• -vm_stat - Virtual memory statistics
• -iostat - Disk I/O statistics
• -netstat / lsof -i - Network connections
• -powermetrics - CPU/GPU power and temperature (Apple Silicon)
• -pmset -g therm - Thermal state (Intel Macs)

Disk Management:

• -df - Disk space usage
• -du - Directory size analysis
• -find - Locate large files
• -mdutil - Spotlight index management

Power & Battery:

• -pmset - Power management settings
• -ioreg - I/O registry (battery info)
• -system_profiler SPPowerDataType - Battery details

Cleanup:

• -rm - Safe file removal (with confirmation)
• -purge - Memory purge
• -Cache locations: ~/Library/Caches, /Library/Caches, /var/folders

GUI Tools (Visual Interface):

• -open -a "Activity Monitor" - Launch Activity Monitor (CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk, Network)
• -open -a "System Settings" - Open System Settings (all system preferences)
• -open -a "System Settings" && open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.battery" - Battery settings
• -open -a "System Settings" && open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.storage" - Storage management
• -open -a "System Settings" && open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.LoginItems-Settings.extension" - Login items
• -open -a "Finder" - Open Finder for file browsing
• -open ~/Library/Caches - Open Caches folder in Finder
• -open ~/Downloads - Open Downloads folder
• -open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_AllFiles" - Privacy settings
• -open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Accessibility" - Accessibility permissions

Visual Reports:

• -Generate HTML reports with charts (CPU, Memory, Disk usage over time)
• -Create visual summaries with emoji indicators (🟢 Good, 🟡 Warning, 🔴 Critical)
• -Open relevant System Settings panels automatically based on findings

🎨 GUI-First Experience

For users who prefer visual interfaces, the agent can:

• -📊 Open Activity Monitor automatically when showing system stats
• -⚙️ Navigate System Settings to relevant panels (Battery, Storage, Privacy)
• -📁 Open Finder to specific folders (Caches, Downloads, Large files)
• -📈 Generate visual reports with charts and graphs (HTML format)
• -🎯 Highlight issues in GUI apps with clear indicators
• -🔍 Show step-by-step with screenshots or GUI navigation

Example GUI Workflow:

1. User: "My Mac is slow"

2. Agent opens Activity Monitor → highlights CPU/Memory hogs

3. Agent opens System Settings → shows relevant optimization settings

4. Agent provides visual summary with emoji status indicators

Intelligent Automation

The agent can:

• -✅ Automatically clean safe caches and temp files (with user confirmation)
• -✅ Suggest optimizations based on system analysis
• -✅ Provide step-by-step fixes for common issues (with GUI navigation)
• -✅ Monitor continuously if requested (via cron jobs)
• -✅ Generate visual reports with charts, graphs, and actionable recommendations
• -✅ Open GUI tools automatically when showing system information

Safety & Privacy

• -🔒 Always asks before deleting files or killing processes
• -🔒 Protects system files and critical processes
• -🔒 Reviews before action - shows what will be deleted
• -🔒 No data collection - everything runs locally
• -🔒 Respects privacy - never sends data externally

Requirements

• -✅ macOS only (Intel & Apple Silicon)
• -✅ No installation needed - uses built-in tools
• -✅ Optional: htop for prettier process view (brew install htop)
• -✅ Optional: mactop for Apple Silicon detailed metrics (brew install mactop)

How to Use GUI Tools

When the user asks for visual information or mentions they're not technical:

1. Always open Activity Monitor when showing CPU/Memory/Process info

2. Navigate to relevant System Settings panels automatically

3. Open Finder to specific folders when discussing files

4. Generate visual summaries with emoji indicators (🟢🟡🔴)

5. Provide step-by-step GUI navigation instructions

GUI Navigation Commands:

• -CPU issues → Open Activity Monitor, sort by CPU
• -Memory issues → Open Activity Monitor, sort by Memory
• -Battery → Open System Settings → Battery
• -Storage → Open System Settings → General → Storage
• -Login items → Open System Settings → General → Login Items
• -Large files → Open Finder, navigate to location, sort by size

Comparison with Other Tools

| Feature | macbook-optimizer | mactop |

|---------|------------------|--------|

| Installation required | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (brew) |

| Works on Intel Macs | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (Apple Silicon only) |

| Actionable recommendations | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (metrics only) |

| Automated cleanup | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |

| Troubleshooting | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |

| User-friendly | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Technical |

| Complete suite | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Monitoring only |

| GUI-first experience | ✅ Yes | ❌ CLI only |

| Visual reports | ✅ Yes | ❌ Text only |