My Mac is less than a year old and Sonoma has rendered it slower than than my 2015 MacBook Air. Apps stop responding, some apps can't open at the same time. All my apps are official apps, nothing jailbroken or Beta. I have Clean My Mac from MacPaws and it is even killing it. The access to clean the system was granted yet I keep getting bugs error. I have reported to the MacPaws but I expect much more from Apple
MacBook Air (M2, 2023)
The first thing you need to do is uninstall CleanMyMac. It is known to cause problems with macOS, up to needing a clean install to fix problems it caused.
Next download the free application Onyx and run the program's General tab and run all the routines run and reboot your Mac! IHMH doing this about once every 2-3 months keeps my older M1 Air running good all this time!
I have the same MacBook as you (with 16 GB of Memory). It’s not any slower than Ventura was. I’m not running multiple Apps at a time. I have done and it’s been fine. You should quit Apps you’re not using Too many running processes at the same time will make it slow down. Have a look in Activity Monitor To see how much memory your Apps are using.
See: If your Mac runs slowly - Apple Support for troubleshooting on what you can do.
I downgraded back to Ventura after installing, booting took way longer and it didn't run some apps due to modified security protocols, (not piracy). Drobo does not work anymore. A shame an M1 Mac isn't running it optimally. Could they be making OS more demanding to force you to upgrade hardware?
Who will buy new hardware? if they keep on optimizing the code you will not need new machines any sooner. I was happy with the previous release like you guys. Can I downgrade? Can't wait for more than a min for the files to appear. Surely, this not a glitch. I am a developer. I understand these intentional tactics. Otherwise, apple must have released a patch, or an upgrade by now.
Time to understand this, and move on.
Hey folks! Thanks for the replies. After the latest update the OS is now fine. Better still, the battery is lasting so long now! I spent 3 days doing academic research and writing around
8.00 am until 15.00pm non stop. I was working on Pages, Freeform, Numbers, was jumping in and out of Acrobat, iBooks, Safari and had Spotify on!!! 3 days 1 charge!
Sonoma is killing apps and slowing down everything.
