How Can I make my mac faster

My Mac is just not as fast as it was is there a disc cleanup or something to make it run faster? I have deleted cookies and a bunch of pictures and music i don't use but it still seems to be slow. (one year old)

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    +1. Is there a way to defrag a Mac+
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    JennyCHope wrote:
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