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User profile for user: mbp20111
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MacBook Pro locking up after sleep

I recently purchased a new 2023 M2 MacBook Pro. It's been fine for the past 2 months or so. About 2-3 weeks ago, I got a CalDigit TS4 thunderbolt dock. I am running macOS 13.3.1. Everything was great until about 4 days ago.


Now every time I woke my Mac up from sleep, it'd be extremely slow. I could still force quit all my applications, but that wouldn't help. Looking at Activity Monitor, which again is extremely slow to launch, I don't see any process that's taking all my system resources and causing this slowness.


I tried unplugging the TS4 dock and all external accessories. That didn't do anything.


I could still restart my Mac, but it takes a lot of patient (e.g. clicking on the upper left Apple logo takes about 1 min before the menu appears, then restart, etc)


How can I find out what's causing this? Is this a software or hardware issue?


Attached is a screenshot of activity monitor. It was too slow, couldn't get a screenshot of the CPU page. The most intense process there was sysmond, overall usage at around 8%


MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)

Posted on Apr 28, 2023 11:23 PM

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User profile for user: JessS19
JessS19
User level: Community Specialist

Apr 30, 2023 11:28 AM in response to mbp20111

Greetings mbp20111,


If your Mac is slower than expected, these are some good steps to take:


"If your Mac runs slowly

If you find your Mac is running slowly, there are a number of potential causes that you can check.


  • Your computer’s startup disk may not have enough free disk space. To make disk space available, you can move files to another disk or an external storage device, then delete files you no longer need on the startup disk. macOS can also help you optimize storage by storing files in the cloud and helping you identify files you no longer need. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click General  in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down). Click Storage on the right, then click the storage recommendations you want to use. 
  • An app you’re using may require more memory than your Mac has easily available. You can use Activity Monitor to see how much memory your Mac and apps are using. See View memory usage in Activity Monitor. Also see the documentation that came with the app to find out its system requirements.
  • Quit any app that isn’t compatible with your Mac. For example, an app may require a different processor or graphics card. See the documentation that came with the app for information about its system requirements.
    • To see what processor your computer has, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click General  in the sidebar, then click About on the right.
    • To see which graphics card your computer has, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click General  in the sidebar. Click About on the right, then click System Report. Click Graphics/Displays to see the name of the graphics card installed your computer.
    • Quit any apps you’re not using.
    • If you have problems with your disk, use Disk Utility to verify and try and fix any issues." If your Mac runs slowly


We hope this helps!


Sincerely.


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MacBook Pro locking up after sleep

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