Questions tagged [performance]
Questions dealing with performance of Apple hardware or software, especially about troubleshooting or improving poor performance.
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Is there a way to “throttle” MacPorts?
I have an unusual request.
I'd like to slow down MacPorts. It sometimes uses a ton of CPU resources, and rather than having it run at full speed, I'd like it to run slowly and in the background.
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MBP fan running but no airflow
I have a 2014 MBP, running very well but for one issue: the fan doesn't seem to move any air around, even though I can hear it running. As a result, the laptop gets quite warm, and further, it seems ...
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How large is my 2012 MacBook Air's L1 cache? Are they larger now?
Discussion in comments below this answer to improving speed of this numpy-based diffraction calculator suggest that the reason the script in the answer runs slow for me but fast for others (even on ...
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28 Core Mac Pro Build times slow
Extremely slow build times on my new Mac Pro 28 core. I notice 2 symptoms. High System CPU usage (80% versus 20% user) and overall the system CPU usage doesn't seem to often get higher them 30%.
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how to reduce Normal Boot's graphical performance (so that it copies Safe Boot's)?
I am having an issue recently which causes my MacBook Pro 2015, 15", to spontaneously (and randomly?) shut down.
These shut downs do not happen in Recovery Mode or Safe Boot.
Here is my MacBook ...
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Catalina Mail super slow when composing new emails?
More people experience slow emails on Catalina?
Running a MacPro with 64 Gb RAM and its slow like fek. Especially when typing emails feels very laggy.
Running latest version 10.15.2 and I have the ...
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MacBook Air Running super slow after Catalina update
My MacBook Air(13-inch, Early 2015) 8GB RAM is running macOS Catalina 10.15.2.
Now the mac is Super Slow and booting time is consistently 90 seconds +.
Every app that I open the rainbow cursor comes ...
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28-Core Mac Pro build time significantly worse than Macbook Pro [closed]
I'm comparing Xcode build times for my project on two machines:
A 2019 Mac Pro with 28 cores and 192 gb of RAM.
A 2019 Macbook Pro with 8 cores and 64 gb of RAM.
The Macbook Pro can build it in 27.6 ...
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What is the typical CPU utilization of idle iMac?
I am new to macOS. I recently purchased a 2019 iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch).
.OMMMMo OS: macOS 10.15.1 19B88 x86_64
OMMM0, Host: iMac19,2
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How can I smooth out uneven scroll behavior using a trackpad in Macvim?
I have just installed MacVim on my new Macbook.
But I have a problem: on Linux I was able to scroll through my code—vertically moving my cursor—by using my trackpad. But on Macvim this doesn't work ...
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Inexplicably High Load
I am finding that even as soon as a boot my MacBook Pro running Catalina up fresh (even after an SMC reset) the load levels can immediately spike to insane levels (like over 100+) and will hover ...
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Graphics performance drop after waking from sleep in Catalina (MacBook Pro)
I installed MacOS Catalina last week. I restart my MBP and everything's great, then at some point I either close the lid or just lock the screen for a few hours (sometimes not even a full hour) and ...
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Is there a command line program or script to monitor VRAM usage?
I have a mid-2014 MacBook Pro [2.8 Ghz i7 (4980HQ Haswell/Crystalwell), NVIDIA GEForce GT 750M (2040 MB VRAM)], running 10.13.6, connected to a Dell P2715Q 27" 4K external monitor. Since the last ...
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How to evaluate different CPUs in 2019 MacBook Pro lineup (2-port vs 4-port)?
If I am looking at the only the 13" MacBook Pros of the 2019 lineup, I see that Apple offers different (non-overlapping) CPU choices depending on whether I start out with the 2-port or 4-port base ...
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What are some of the functionalities I can turn off to speed up an old Apple Watch?
As watchOS is being updated, more and more features are added. And for users using previous generations of Apple Watches, the slow down is affecting essential daily tasks more severely. I am not using ...
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Why is Chrome aggressively consuming CPU cycles?
I literally have 0 tabs open, and yet Chrome is consuming a very significant amount of CPU resources, and quickly draining my battery...
Why?
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Serious Performance Problems using Expose in Catalina
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I am having a problem where using Expose to drag a window from one Space to another causes an enormous slowdown that looks almost comical - like the machine turns into a ouija board and load ...
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Activity Monitor data, in recent history?
Lately my MacBook Pro has a lot of moments where it slows down for a few seconds, stops responding to keys and touchpad, displays a rainbow wheel of doom, and then comes back. If I go to the Activity ...
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Why is my iOS Reminders app slow and unstable when invoked by Siri?
I am a longtime user of the iOs "Reminders" app. And I most commonly create new reminders through Siri, for example by saying "Remind me to pay the rent at 6pm."
These Siri requests started taking a ...
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CPU Not completely Utilized in large workload
I have a Macbook Pro with a i9 Processor and running Macos Catalina. I run CPU extensive tasks daily, but it never utilizes 100% of the CPU. I use Intel Power Gadget to check out my CPU performance. ...
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Command to release the best amount of Kernel Task and Memory Ram
I have an old MacBook Pro 2012/2013 and it has the El Capitan
Through the Utilities -> Activity Monitor tool I can get the following stats according the following behavior:
For example if the Mac ...
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softwaredownloadd consuming insane amounts of RAM
When I went into Activity Monitor, I noticed that a process called storedownloadd was consuming 2.7GB of RAM and increasing RAM usage steadily (3.1GB during screenshot). However, it was not consuming ...
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How to change native Resolution on MBP 2015 running Mojave?
My problem is I would like to change the native resolution of the built-in screen of my MBPR 2015 running Mojave to 1920 * 1080. The thing is I don't want the output to be scaled, I just want this ...
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Understanding Processor specifications
I'm not sure what a CPU-specification like "3 GHz Intel Core i5" really means.
Does it mean that there are five cores with 3 GHz each? Or are there 3 GHz distributed between the five cores?
What ...
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Is my HDD throughput normal?
I am a musician, and was finding my 2011 iMac was getting sluggish with more complex tracks. It was topping out the CPU so I bought a second hand 2015 iMac with a much more powerful CPU. I am finding ...
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How to keep 2017 Macbook Pro / Mojave from slowing down when not on A/C power?
All of the guides that I have found are out of date.
My model identifier is "MacBookPro14,3".
One such example of "slowing down" is that when the MacBook Pro am plugged in, the application iTerm, is ...
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What are the risks with low disk space on a Mac?
I've seen some suggestions about not allowing free disk space to go critically low or
... to have no less than about 15% of your drive's capacity free ...
Currently, I've been silencing the "disk ...
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Why does updating Xcode make my computer so slow?
I updated Xcode. Now some things take forever to run.
$ time make -n
make: Nothing to be done for `update'.
real 0m30.069s
user 0m0.011s
sys 0m0.025s
Likewise Python:
$ time ./foo.py
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Does battery condition have anything to do with macbook pro performance?
Hello I'm using a mid 2015 MBP.
My battery lasts 1-2 hours now, I got this text Condition: Replace Soon on the battery icon.
Other stuff are my computer sometimes heats up, gets really slow and ...
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Lag on 4k external monitor and MacBook Pro (early 2016, internal graphics) running in retina mode: can bad cable be a reason or just not enough power?
I just bought new monitor (LG 24UD58-B) because of my MacBook's flexgate issue (when you can't really open lead). I can't bring it to service yet, because where I live it takes up to 5 weeks and it's ...
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Why does my mac suddenly have long pauses until I restart it?
I will wake my mac up from sleep. I enter the password and push enter; it takes 10 seconds to unlock. All actions are delayed; a chrome tab will show blank before rendering the page. Clicking on the ...
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Do application leftovers have any impact on performance?
Apparently, uninstalling an app by dragging it to the bin may leave application leftovers in some folders (such as Library/Preferences/, Library/Applications Support/, Library/StartupItems/ etc...). ...
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Determine which app is opening too many files
Sometimes my Mac starts behaving weirdly, a typical symptom being that I can't open certain apps that were working just fine recently. This just happened and I traced this issue to an excess of open ...
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Could I take a Core i7 form a 2012 MBP and put it into a 2018 MBP?
I know very little about computer hardware so I thought I might as well ask.
I have an Intel Core i7 in my MacBook Pro Late 2012. I am considering getting a 2018 MacBook Pro. I was wondering if it is ...
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How can I isolate macOS 10.14.6 Mojave freezing 1-2 seconds every few minutes except for sound and the mouse?
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 ...
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Poor WiFi Performance on iPhone
When migrating to a new router I remarked my iPhone (7Plus) had lousy TX performance compared to the other 80211.ac Apple devices connected to the same wireless SSID as revealed in below screenshot:
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How can I fix poor Java performance caused by Mojave update 10.14.6?
I installed the 10.14.6 macOS update yesterday, and now Java is performing very poorly. This is especially noticeable when using Maven to build Java applications. There are projects I build ...
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Very slow write performance 30min+ for 2GB - APFS?
Yesterday I have been working with Docker on my MacBook Pro 2012 which runs Mojave and the internal drive has been automatically converted to APFS (seems to be so for startvolumes since Mojave).
It ...
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Should I be worried if the newest Macbook Pro specs are lower than my older Macbook Pro spec?
I just went to Apple's website (July 2019) to find the maximum processor spec of a 15-inch Macbook Pro to be: 2.4GHz 8‑core 9th‑generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz
However, ...
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How to change MacBook's performance back to normal after it was reduced?
Sometimes my MacBook shows a "Performance is reduced" notification after it gets hot from running intensive apps on a hot summer day.
When it's left idle for about 30 minutes and becomes cooler, is ...
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What are my hardware upgrade options for a late 2009 iMac?
It is now July 2019 and I have this Late-2009 iMac.
macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD ...
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Limit mac CPU frequency without disabling Turbo Boost?
Intel mobile CPUs now have a really low base frequency and a high Turbo Boost freq, e.g. i5 2.4~4.1 GHz.
Turbo at 3.8+ makes it go all the way up to 100°C. Using 'Turbo Boost Switcher' to disable TB ...
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With a data transfer of 50 GB estimated 5 hours, are USB-C claimed speeds inaccurate or to blame?
When I bought an 2017 MBP I was under the impression (from Apple and others) that USB-C was the superfast way to transfer data. It has not worked out that way and I am wondering if I misunderstood ...
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2.7GHz Intel Core i7 vs 2.6GHz 6‑core 9th‑gen Intel Core i7 [closed]
I have a 15" 2016 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro. It has 16GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 and a 1TB SSD. I'm considering upgrading to the latest MacBook Pro, which has:
2.6GHz 6‑core 9th‑gen Intel Core i7 ...
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iPad: Battery usage while using split screen vs single app in foreground
What’s the difference in battery usage for the two situations while running apps on an iPad?
Split screen with app X and Y.
Only app X or Y in foreground.
Since screen usage is same for both, only ...
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Can the 2019 MBP 13'' i7 16gb support a (flawlessly) 1440p 165hz monitor? [duplicate]
I have a 2019 MBP 13'' with i7 quad 8th and 16gb ram, and I am considering buying a 1440p 165hz Dell to pair with it. This has a displayport port only.
I am looking for flawless performance, no ...
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What could be the cause? I/O completely died. Constant spinning, even logging in takes forever
iMac 5K, late 2014 model. The weirdest thing happened yesterday. This machine is usually very performant — 8GB ram, 3TB Fusion drive. I dual-boot Windows on it using Boot Camp.
As of now, I still ...
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How to optimize Mojave for inside a VM?
This may sound like possible duplicate, however it's not. The focus of the question is very specific to OS version macOS Mojave 10.14, with a very specific goal in mind explained below.
The host OS ...
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2018 MBP Network Throughput decreases over time [duplicate]
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I was recently provided with a 2018 MBP by my employer. The network throughput slows gradually until I'm forced to reboot.
Setup
The following machines are connected via wired ethernet to a ...
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CPU frequency very low during high disk I/O and more aggressive fan policy
model: MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018
macOS: Mojave 10.14.5
CPU: Intel i7-8850H
Recently, I've observed a significant slow-down of the macOS during high disk I/O. Sometimes the CPU frequency would be ...
