Mac Studio M2 Max start running slow

To provide more detailed information. Please get and run EtreCheckPro, then post back with the Report.

to download the free version of EtreCheckPro, go to > https://etrecheck.com/en/index.html

to post your Report, see > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250000211

For starters uninstall SurfShark and Buho Cleaner. Then startup in Safe Mode followed by a normal restart and test.

After that you need to look at the bottom of your report at the Apps that have crashed. (ToneKing and FL Studio) Then remove those and/or contact the developers for a working solution.

you have not enabled TRIM for you external drive, so writes may be far slower than expected:

  disk4 - Samsung PSSD T7 2.00 TB (Solid State - TRIM: No) 

  External USB 10 Gbit/s+ USB

    disk4s1 - J******u 2.00 TB (264.94 GB used)

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drives like your Samsung drive came with software, and the manufacturer suggested you install that software.

What that software does is to "spare you the annoyance of having to re-initialize the drive" from its factory set Windows New Technology File System (NTFS, the W is silent because there are no other Operating Systems) or similar unusual (on a Mac) format. Instead, the software they provided would simulate a MacOS drive inside an NTFS file for your Mac.

The downside of using the manufacturer's software is that if the manufacturer's software is not loaded, the Macintosh Volume may not be readable, or may not be writable. This means that in startup manager, Installer, and in Recovery such as after a data loss, the Macintosh Volume may not be visible.

The standard advice given here to all users, including novice users, is to discard the manufacturers software and NEVER use it. "Best Practice" is to erase the physical device when new, using only MacOS Disk Utility, and create the fundamental data structures needed for consistent, reliable use by MacOS.

Be sure to "show all devices" which will allow you to ERASE the entire Physical Device by its immutable manufacturer-given device-name, not just user created Volume-name such as ‘Macintosh HD’.

FL studio is eating your Mac alive:

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

OsxFL 72.64 % (image-line)

Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (16) 32.34 % (Google LLC)

Resolve 28.12 % (App Store)

WindowServer 26.96 % (Apple)

kernel_task 19.58 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (16) 3.49 GB (Google LLC)

Resolve 2.25 GB (App Store)

com.apple.Virtualization.VirtualMachine 2.03 GB (Apple)

EtreCheckPro 1.22 GB (Etresoft, Inc.)

OsxFL 769 MB (image-line)

[...]

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:

Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)

OsxFL 29 (image-line)

Resolve 11 (App Store)

WindowServer 9 (Apple)

softwareupdated 3 (Apple)

com.apple.Virtualization.VirtualMachine 3 (Apple)

and

2024-02-26 10:36:59 OsxFL Crash (5 times)

First occurrence: 2024-02-21 11:38:15

Executable: /Applications/FL Studio 21.app

Details:

libsystem_c.dylib: abort() called

Google Chrome and DropBox are also not innocent of using up resources for no particular reason.