Since a week or two I am experiencing a very strange problem on my MacBook Pro running macOS 10.14.6 Mojave. (Build 18G103)
No matter what I'm doing, typing something in a browser or text editor or other application, watching a video on youtube or in VLC, every few minutes the whole system become non-responsive for like 1 or 2 seconds.
When the machine is "stunned":
- The keyboard does not respond to typing in any app
The keyboard does not respond to typing in any app
- video playback stops no matter which app or browser
video playback stops no matter which app or browser
- mouse clicks don't register
mouse clicks don't register
- cursor movement does work and respond
cursor movement does work and respond
- any sound that is playing, keeps on playing normally.
any sound that is playing, keeps on playing normally.
When I was typing something, the letters don't appear, but after 1-2 sec when the system continues, the letters still appear as if they were cached somehow.
When I was typing something, the letters don't appear, but after 1-2 sec when the system continues, the letters still appear as if they were cached somehow.
This persists across reboots, activity monitor shows no fancy stuff taking CPU in the background. I did not recently install any particular new software myself, other than just updates. It makes no difference if I have multiple apps running or only the one I'm using.
Is there any way to find out what application or process is causing these short freezes, and preferably get rid of them?
