Notes app slow on M1 Mac when displaying Notes w/ PDFs or Scans

axelwiese wrote:

• Dear community,

since the update to MacOs Ventura I am experiencing a huge lag when I try to use the Notes App on my M1 MBP. This actually renders the Notes app unusable .

I am not experiencing it on an iPad or iPhone.

There are a lot of notes in my notes app and the lag occurs when I am scrolling through or editing notes with multiple PDFs or scans attached to the notes.

What I already tried so far:

used disk utility

1 - used notes app with a test user on the same mac --> app appeared to be ok

1 - This would tend to indicate some Third Party Software is interfering with the Normal Operations of the computer

2- re-installed ventura --> no change / lag still present

3 - restored a backup within a new user profile --> no change / lag still present

3 - That would have Carried over the Existing Issue into the new account

- started OS in safe mode --> no change / lag still present

5 - moved "NotesContent" in Library so it was recreated --> no change / lag still present

6 - tried to copy and paste some notes with scans or pdfs into new notes --> no change / lag still present

All good work by user 👍

But most of what was done above would not really fix the Under laying issue of this suspected Third Party Software installed and used on this machine

Download the Application Etrecheck directly from the Developer.

This is a Diagnostic Tool that makes no changes to the computer.

It makes a coherent and readable inventory of both the Hardware and Software used on the computer 

Run the Application from the Admin Account of this computer

The application is free or paid from added features. 

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Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<

We can have a look at the report for possible issues and may have possible suggestions to resolve the issues