macverdict report

Apple M5 · Mac17,3 · macOS 26.5.2 · 16.0 GB RAM · up 1d 4h · 187 samples over the last 7 days

Health score now
98
Avg CPU (7d)
6%
Peak swap
4.2 GB
Battery capacity
100%
Throttled samples
0 / 187

Insights

What's slowing you down
Google Chrome was the biggest memory user in 100% of your 27 slowdown moments.
  • All on Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 22; the other 5 days had none.
  • Google Chrome: the biggest memory user in 100% of slowdowns, typically 4.7 GB.
  • Also contributing: Visual Studio Code, Claude.
  • Biggest win: quit or trim Google Chrome when your Mac feels slow (fewer tabs, or restart it if it has been open for days).
Based on 187 samples over 6.7 days.
Do you need more RAM?
16 GB is enough for how you work; you only ran short on a few days.
  • Memory pressure ran high on 2 of 8 days (Oct 19–20); none in the 5 days since.
  • Swap: typically under 2.3 GB, peak 4.2 GB. Swap is only cleared by a restart, so a past spike lingers.
  • Each time, Google Chrome was the biggest memory user (typically 4.7 GB); closing tabs or restarting it is the quickest fix.
  • Heavier future workloads (more tabs, VMs, local AI models) would push you to 24 GB.
Based on 187 samples over 6.7 days.
How long will your battery last?
Healthy: 100% capacity, with too little wear to measure yet.
  • Maximum capacity 100% after 74 cycles (Apple rates batteries for 80% at 1000 cycles).
  • Its measured capacity drifts by about ±0.8% between readings, so a forecast waits until wear is clearly larger than that.
Based on 187 samples over 6.7 days. Early read: it gets reliable after about 14 days of normal use.
Is your Air overheating?
No throttling in 181 samples. Your fanless Air is keeping up.
  • Throttled in 0% of samples; warm (not yet slowing) in 1%.
  • Battery temperature (a proxy for chassis heat): typical 31°C, peak 31°C.
Based on 187 samples over 6.7 days.

Right now

info
Google Chrome is using 5.3 GB of RAM.
Restarting a long-running app often returns leaked memory.
ok
CPU 6%, load 1.9 on 10 cores.
ok
Memory pressure normal, 64% used, swap 0 B.
ok
693.8 GB free (75%).
ok
79% charged, capacity 100%, 74 cycles, 30.6°C.
ok
No thermal throttling.

Trends

Health score

now 98
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 251000

CPU

now 6%
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25100%0%

Memory used

now 64%, pressure normal · shaded: memory pressure
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25100%0%

Swap used

now 0 B
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 255 GB0 GB

Disk free

now 75%
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25100%0%

Battery charge

now 79%
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25100%0%

Battery temperature

now 30.6°C
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 2550°20°