MacBook Air freezes momentarily

Hi. I have a 2020 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM and OS Catalina. I've had no issues until now. The past couple of weeks it's been inexplicably freezing for 5-10 seconds at a time, during which time keyboard, trackpad and (bluetooth) mouse are unresponsive. I mainly use low intensive software like Word, Adobe Reader and sometimes it happens when I'm online writing or scrolling through emails. After the freeze, the computer resumes normal activity. I'm concerned it's a sign of something worse to come... Any thoughts? Thank you!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 20, 2024 3:44 PM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2024 6:08 PM

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