seqoiua 15.3.1 Performance Issues on my Mac

Does the latest update from Apple—Sequoia 15.3.1—cause issues on the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021)?

I’ve been experiencing sluggish performance and slow response times recently.

Posted on Feb 27, 2025 11:22 AM

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Posted on Feb 27, 2025 5:00 PM

youmna280 wrote:

Does the latest update from Apple—Sequoia 15.3.1—cause issues on the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021)?
I’ve been experiencing sluggish performance and slow response times recently.


To trouble shoot further you can:


—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

 


—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS


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Feb 27, 2025 5:00 PM in response to youmna280

youmna280 wrote:

Does the latest update from Apple—Sequoia 15.3.1—cause issues on the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021)?
I’ve been experiencing sluggish performance and slow response times recently.


To trouble shoot further you can:


—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

 


—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS


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