After I updated to Sonoma playbacking big video files in Quicktime freezes my M1 Macbook Pro. External screen is available, but laggy and all programs are freezed and not in use. Force Quitting programs in available but doesn't fix the freeze. Only way around is to hard boot.
Plz fix this asap.
PS. Thinking going back to Ventura if Sonoma is too buggy to use.
MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
Please try the following: play a video via QT and do nothing else! Then move the mouse after a few minutes.
In my case, the videos start and play without any problems, but the computer freezes the moment the mouse is moved. Strange, but that's how it is.
In Sonoma 14.2.1 bug is still present for some of us, but others mentioned that earlier.
I installed Edmedia and it works great. Thanks!!
Does it do the same thing if the external display is set to extend desktop instead of mirroring?
No, only happens when mirroring. Cheers
Can confirm this with Quicktime Player and screen mirroring. MacOS 14.3.1 on MBP M1 Pro.
Using MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1 on a 14" MacBook Pro M1 Max: tried to do screen recording several times - same issue. Submitted a report to Apple.
Thank you, I didn't know that 14.4 was available (not in Beta), but now I see it is. Yes, I guess there is little to lose there.
Pretty sure it's Avid Link. Try going into general, log in items and turning off avid!
If it happens again, quickly pull the display cable.. if you can do that in less than 5ish seconds, it will recover and not crash completely.
Sonoma freezes / crashes when playbacking videos in Quicktime
