Mac Fixes

I have no idea how this found its way onto Chrome. I must have been sleepwalking as I'm usually very careful what I click on. Download, free, Malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/ Download, install , open, and run it by clicking “scan for adware” button to remove adware. All done - it worked for me on Mac OS High Sierra!  By the way, downloading Chrome or Safari again will not get rid of the damn thing. 

Do you have the Spinning Beach Ball of Death and have Dropbox installed? Get rid of it - it uses too much memory. To check, go to: Applications Utilities Activity Monitor Memory If it's green, all is more or less good - if it's amber or red, MacOS is having problems managing memory. This could be because of a memory-hogging application - a 'hog'. To find out which apps are hogging memory, organize the list by memory usage (arrow) and identify the culprit. Don't worry about those applications labelled 'Root'. They're meant to be using memory. If you have Dropbox, this is going to be the culprit! But while you're at it, check at the bottom of the table to see how much memory your Mac has and how much is being used. Maybe you just don't have enough RAM. Quit any applications using too much memory, and put a stop to Dropbox: Click on the Dropbox item icon and choose "Preferences". In the Account tab, choose "Unl...