icons rendering slow with Monterey

I am surprised how slow icons are rendering in finder. It is so slow, I even manage to take a screenshot while in process.


I never had this problem before with these same folders full of music folders with cover images as icons, not even on my 2010 Macbook with 10.6.8, my 2015 Macbook with High Sierra or my last MacMini 2018 with Mojave, they always showed INSTANTLY even during scrolling.


I am now using the MacBook Air 2022 M2 with 16GB 1TB and Monterey 12.5.1 and for the first time, I have to wait until the folder icons get rendered!



Posted on Aug 21, 2022 4:58 AM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2022 7:24 AM

Thomas Huerlimann wrote:

No, reboot and shutdown are no solution.

Files are on the internal SSD.

Scrolling through the folder only shows standard icons, the icon rendering stays far behind. Like I said, even on a 2010 Macbook with Snow Leopard and the files on an external HDD it was able to scroll though that folder showing all the individual cover icons while scrolling.


One the M1/M2 SoC Macs — try a Safeboot to sort anomalies —log in and test, reboot as normal and test


Try a SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, font cache, etc., third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled.


Login and test. Reboot  as normal and test.  Caches get rebuilt automatically.

 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. 


no insight ir resolve

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support


  This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 




Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

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