most feature invocation is delayed before active

Thank you for the info. I will delete it as soon as I get it backed up. A question: When I originally did this, I added another boot APFS Bootable Volume to the existing Catalina "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data". One of the 32-bit apps that I loaded was assuming that the proper bootable APFS Volume was the Catalina "Macintosh HD". It used that Volume thus corrupting it. This was definitely an issue in the 32-bit app. I was not told what to name the alternate bootable APFS Volume and so I named it "macOS Mojave HD". I eventually figured this out but only after sometime researching several documentation sources, including the App vendor as well as APPLE docs. I call it an "undocumented system feature"....lol. Oh well....live and learn.

......Rudy

Hi BDAqua,

Thank you for replying to my query. I do have more information.

Yes....I have tried that. To restate, I am downgrading an older iMac from Catalina to Mojave. In doing so, I erase the APFS Volume "Macintosh HD" but not APFS Volume "Macintosh HD - Data". When I realized that the delay in execution of most features, especially in Finder (selecting different existing folders), I decided to unmount the APFS Volume "Macintosh HD - Data". Doing this appeared to remove the delay. I am not an expert but my guess is that the daemon FSEVENTSd (file system events daemon) is examining the second volume. Check out the following URL ... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1502226 . Now that the 2nd APFS Volume is unmounted, the delay no longer exists, and I am seeing what I consider normal function. I will keep this post updated as I continue....Stay tuned. Thank you again for you reply.....Rudy