Slow Startup
Neovim Startup
# Profile startup time
nvim --startuptime startup.log
cat startup.log | sort -k2 -n
# Identify slow plugins
:Lazy profile
# Check resources
top -o cpu
top -o mem
# Check processes
ps aux | grep -E "(yabai|skhd|nvim|tmux)"
# Disk usage
df -h
du -sh ~/.local ~/.cache
Memory Issues
High Memory Usage
# Check by process
ps aux | sort -k4 -nr | head -10
# Clear caches
rm -rf ~/.cache/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
# Restart services
brew services restart yabai
brew services restart skhd
Swap Usage
# Check swap
sysctl vm.swapusage
# Clear inactive memory
sudo purge
System Recovery
Window Manager Reset
# Stop all services
brew services stop yabai
brew services stop skhd
killall yabai skhd
# Clear caches
rm -rf ~/.cache/yabai
rm -rf ~/.cache/skhd
# Restart
brew services start yabai
brew services start skhd
Neovim Reset
# Backup current config
mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.backup
mv ~/.local/share/nvim ~/.local/share/nvim.backup
mv ~/.cache/nvim ~/.cache/nvim.backup
# Reinstall
cd ~/.dotfiles
make stow-install
nvim # Plugins reinstall automatically
Tmux Reset
# Kill all sessions
tmux kill-server
# Clear plugins
rm -rf ~/.tmux/plugins
# Reinstall TPM
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
# Start new session, then prefix + I to install plugins
tmux new-session
Diagnostic Commands
sw_vers # macOS version
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType # Hardware info
df -h # Disk space
vm_stat # Memory usage
top -l 1 | grep "CPU usage" # CPU usage
Service Status
brew services list
brew services list | grep -E "(yabai|skhd)"
ps aux | grep -E "(yabai|skhd|nvim|tmux)"
Log Files
# Yabai logs
tail -f /usr/local/var/log/yabai/yabai.out.log
tail -f /usr/local/var/log/yabai/yabai.err.log
# System logs
log show --predicate 'process == "yabai"' --last 1h