Photographer: James McKinven | Source: Unsplash Your iPhone and Mac don’t usually get “slow” overnight. It’s almost always a pileup of small things: storage creeping toward full, too many background processes, browser clutter, or a battery that can’t deliver peak power like it used to. The good news: you can often get that “new device” snappiness back in under an hour. If you like articles like this, you’ll find more practical, step-by-step help in my tech tips and how-to guides . Before you start: do this 60-second check On iPhone: open Settings > General > iPhone Storage and note how much free space you have. On Mac: open System Settings > General > Storage (or search for “Storage” in System Settings) and check what’s eating space. If either device is constantly near full, performance will suffer. Storage breathing room is step zero. If your iPhone is on iOS 26 and the UI still feels “heavy,” the quality-of-life tweaks in iOS 26.1’s Liquid Glass fixes are worth a look...
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