ferdinand474 wrote:
I would like to know how is it that the M1 has become sluggish and at times testing a person patience's because it has become slow. Online, opening applications, and so on.
I have an M1 16GB 256 GB 5 month old Mac Book Pro for sale because I had enough of apple slow ecosystems and hardware.
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
You have a small SSD stoarge...
Verify you have 20% free storage available at all times for the any SSD to work efficiently.
To trouble shoot further you can:
—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-other-users-on-your-mac-mtusr001/mac
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
If no insight or resolve—
you can get a good look at your System config. and reveal conflicts or issues, you can download/run this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com
If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.
