Since MacOS 15.1 update I have a very slow keyboard input for iMessage and WhatsApp. I have turned off VPN just in case.
Those are the only two apps where this happens.
CPU usage is very low on both apps
Any thoughts or suggestions?
MacBook Pro (2021)
I believe this is a combination of things, combining to cause the slowdown, at least in WhatsApp
So, as you type, OSX is opening a file hundreds of times per second, and if you have AV, it's scanning the whole of that file, which can reach about 1MB, hundreds of times per second. No wonder it's slow.
Although the presence of the AI feature does trigger this, I'm not sure it's OSX's fault as such.
Fixes I can imagine include:
any luck? I have MS Defender too
I am facing the same porblem on both of my Macbook Pro (M1 and M3)
Same here - I have the lagging issue with WhatsApp.
M2 Air - 16GB Ram - 15.1
Same here, M1 Max, 32Gb, 2To, Sequoia 15.1 (24B83), the inputs on iMessage & WhatsApp are super laggy, almost impossible to use. A shame :(.
:Removed an accidental double post:
Same here as soon as I updated to 15.1 (MacBook Air M2).
Any workaround so far?
If it affects iMessage, then Apple will fix it! (Cynical user here!)
It fixes it for about 10 minutes, and it comes back, did the same thing with Sophos, does not fix it.
Same situation since I updated to Mac OS 15.1.
WhatsApp, and iMessage but not on MS Teams.
I use M2 Macbook Air 8GB and M1 Ultra 128GB Mac Studio with ESET and Grammarly.
My company is using Sophos but I think it not occur when installed AV Software. I'm still looking for a solution, too.
When i disable ESET Dection Engine handmatic, it works fine..
i add an exclusion for Whatsapp en now have to wait.. if that is the solution
Hi. Thanks for that advice. It certainly works. It will do the job until Apple fixes the problem!
Same issue here. I am using ESET antivirus and Can't remove the real time protection beucase of the policies of my company.
Yes, exactly. This (solution) has been known but nobody could post the solution because posts about 15.2 were deleted until its public release. Yeah for 15.2. 👍
I have the very same problem here. I don't have any anti virus. And version 15.2 has not solved the problem. Both WhatsApp desktop and iMessage are unusable.
Disabling Apple Inteligence made no difference to me. Nor unchecking "Enable messages in iCloud". I've also tried logging off iCloud and logging back in. Nothing worked so far.
Sequoia 15.1 is slows iMessage & WhatsApp keyboard input
