Slow 2015 MacBook Pro. Inconsistent CPU Usage.
Hi all,
First time posting here so apologies for the pretty general query.
In the last month or so I've started having real issues with my MacBook. I spend most of the time making music which is pretty CPU intensive but it now seems to struggle with even the most simple tasks such as running my production software (Live) and sometimes even loading a YouTube page.
I've been keeping a pretty keen eye on CPU tasks and it seems that quite a lot of it is idle while Live is struggling to operate properly (see screenshot).
I thought it could be Kernel issues so I ran an Etre check but nothing appeared in that regard. The only things I noticed was I have a lot more partitions than I expected as I haven't manually set any up at all. The only other thing that appeared out of the ordinary was that 'Other Processes' were taking up 36 - 57% of CPU usage while I had nothing running at all. In activity monitor nothing really seemed to be unusual.
I'm pretty certain that the problem isn't with Live otherwise I wouldn't have problems just running YouTube.
Thanks so much for your help!
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15