Image: reddit.com · Used Claude Code to fix my M1 Air that's been slow for 2 years
A slow M1 MacBook Air diagnosed with Claude Code
Claude Code tracked down why a two-year-old M1 Air was slow, freeing 26GB and killing runaway processes in about two hours.
Credits
- Build author Worldly-Forever-7365 Source ↗
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The full story
The poster had put up with a slow M1 Air for almost two years, assuming the 8GB of RAM was to blame. Claude Code found a Canon webcam service stuck at 100% CPU since October and a 256GB drive that was 94% full, including 15GB of forgotten OneDrive files.
Cleaning up freed 26GB and stopped the zombie processes, and the poster says the laptop felt brand new. They also wrote up the diagnostic process in a post on Medium.
Before and after
- Starting problem
- A laptop that had felt slow for almost two years, with a stuck webcam service and a nearly full drive.
- Reported result
- The poster reports recovering 26GB, stopping stuck processes and a much more responsive laptop.
| Measure | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Space recovered | Not reported | 26 GB |
Device and compatibility
- M1 MacBook Air, 8GB RAM, 256GB driveSource ↗
What Claude did
- Diagnosed the stuck Canon webcam service and investigated storage use.Claude Code Source ↗
How it was done
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Used Claude Code to fix my M1 Air that's been slow for 2 yearsReddit poster: Worldly-Forever-7365Posted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Used Claude Code to fix my M1 Air that's been slow for 2 years (opens in a new tab)
- The project: medium.com
The write-up on Medium.