Macbook Pro M2 ghostly pointer when on low power mode

I have a brand new (well, kind of - refurbished ;) ) Macbook Pro M2, which I have just started using. Immediately I updated it to Ventura (so I don't know if this issue is related to the latest macOS version). I am seeing weird pointer trailing (it's kind of ghostly - the animation seems to be lagging behind). Restarting the machine doesn't help, so I am guessing it doesn't really have anything to do with the CPU usage or memory consumption. Also I don't really have anything big running. Also checked the background processes. I have actually just manually cleaned up my machine and removed a ton of stuff which I have not been using much recently.


I have noticed that disabling the "Low power mode" in the Battery section in preferences immediately fixes the issue, but I would quite like to use the low power mode. Does anyone have any suggestions or insights? Could it be an issue with Ventura?

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 6:20 AM

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Jan 10, 2023 6:22 AM in response to krrybarc

krrybarc wrote:

I have a brand new (well, kind of - refurbished ;) ) Macbook Pro M2, which I have just started using. Immediately I updated it to Ventura (so I don't know if this issue is related to the latest macOS version). I am seeing weird pointer trailing (it's kind of ghostly - the animation seems to be lagging behind). I have noticed that disabling the "Low power mode" in the Battery section in preferences immediately fixes the issue, but I would quite like to use the low power mode. Does anyone have any suggestions or insights? Could it be an issue with Ventura?



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