2017 MBP 16GB is really sluggish and loud after Catalina
Hey everyone. Really hoping someone can offer some insight here. Long story short, I'm a long time PC user who moved to Mac last year. Mojave was fantastic. Quick, responsive; just took whatever I threw at it no problems.
I've since gone to Catalina and have the following issues;
1) The fan noise is insane
2) This is usually accompanied by general sluggishness/decrease in responsiveness. Especially noticeable with things like dock rollover (it's super jerky/laboured) and moving apps around the screen, that all used to feel fluid and smooth on Mojave
3) Almost any activity will kick this off, although Dropbox and file compression seem to be main culprits
I'm not sure how this is affecting my general performance. I work in music and while I can't say I've noticed my projects running any worse, the software itself also feels incredibly jerky when scrolling around so I'd imagine it's related.
I've reset the SMC. I've checked storage (running a bit low but still over 100GB free). It's an internal 1TB SSD. AFAIK everything is updated for Catalina. Even typing now I can hear the fan slowly revving up and up.
Going back to Mojave is an option but it's one I'd like to avoid. I have a lot of software I'd need to re-install and it'd take me out of action with work for upwards of 2 days.
Super grateful to any insight anyone can offer. Maybe I've missed something!
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar