How to disable animations and transparencies in macOS High Sierra

Each new version of macOS offers us new functions, some of which can put our team on the limit, and the beach ball can appear on more than one occasion, leading us to absolute despair. If our equipment is not exactly new, macOS offers us a series of functions that we can disable to speed up operation.

In computers that are not only a few years old, but also the amount of RAM memory is limited and the hard disk is mechanical, not solid, it is necessary if or if make a series of adjustments so that our copy of macOS so that the operation is as fluid as possible, within the possibilities offered by our team.

The animations, like the transparencies, make use of a large number of resources from our team, so if this is correct, the general operation of it is slowed down, offering a very unpleasant user experience. If you want to disable the animations and incidentally the transparencies for the operation of your Mac to be more fluid, then we explain how to do it.

Disable animations and transparencies in macOS High Sierra

  • First of all we must go to System preferences.
  • Within the System Preferences we go to the options of Accessibility.
  • In the column on the left, we must select Screen.
  • On the right side, we just have to deactivate the tabs Reduce transparency y Reduce movement.

Once we close this menu, all the transparencies as well as the animations will stop showing, offering us a rough interface and very little aesthetic, but it is the price we have to pay if we want our Mac with fair specifications to be able to keep running like the first dayIf not, we plan to expand the team in the future.