Level 1

102 points

High Sierra macOS freezing and stops

I upgrated to high Sierra and have a big problem since then. About 3-4 times a day in my worktime my MacBook Pro (i7, 256 SSD, 16 GB RAM), is lagging and freezing. I even can't move the mouse on the screen, only music is playing. I don't know what is the problem because i cant even make a report on that. This is a real problem, because I am working and this still happens. Maybe anyone have this problem too? What can I do, because untill upgrade everything worked perfectly fine.

Help please !!

Posted on Oct 5, 2017 2:15 AM

454 replies

Jan 3, 2018 7:48 PM in response to Allison Leal

What actually worked?

Jan 3, 2018 8:24 PM in response to warp23

This is what worked. My comment went to the wrong spot! Installing the NVidia driver worked for me.

Jan 3, 2018 8:36 PM in response to paultahoe

@paultahoe - have you done this on a mid 2015 MacBook Pro? Ever since updating to High Sierra the mouse cursor freezes once or twice a day.

Jan 3, 2018 8:38 PM in response to Allison Leal

Thanks Allison

I downloaded the nVidia driver and will see if it fixes the High Sierra issues.

Jan 4, 2018 1:24 PM in response to michagoldfine

I just installed High Sierra on a mid 2012 Air. I erased the drive and installed High Sierra. It's running great! User is amazed at how fast the drive is now.

steveeob

Level 1

8 points

Jan 4, 2018 4:02 PM in response to sckeedoo

give me el captain back, lots of issues with high sierra

Jan 6, 2018 1:11 PM in response to silver_mica

Yes. Less with the latest 10.13.2 release.

Jan 6, 2018 6:43 PM in response to paultahoe

@paultahoe - Sorry, but that really means nothing to me. All I know is this: upgrading was a huge mistake - a mistake that will require a paid professional to fix.

Jan 6, 2018 7:48 PM in response to silver_mica

Might possibly be a good time to do some research and find out what's going so you won't have to pay a "paid professional." Just saying..

Troy1954

Level 1

13 points

Jan 20, 2018 3:39 PM in response to paultahoe

How did you go backwards to Sierra from High Sierra?

Thanks.

semnol

Level 1

4 points

Jan 23, 2018 11:13 AM in response to paultahoe

GREAT post! Please add more information as you get it! I am so glad this is a big enough issue it is getting real attention at apple. Hopefully they will also fix the 4K monitor issue also.

Jan 23, 2018 12:01 PM in response to dianeoforegon

Too bad Apple cannot explain this BEFORE everyone updates... ugh.

Jan 23, 2018 12:33 PM in response to talismanstudio

Apple definitely needs to include a Read Me First when you download the High Sierra installer.

teomurgi

Level 1

20 points

Jan 24, 2018 8:42 AM in response to sckeedoo

looking forward to having feedback from the first 10.13.3 adopters!

Does it solve the problem?

Jan 26, 2018 3:21 PM in response to dianeoforegon

I knew about Fusion not working with APFS, but that's quite an extensive list of major considerations for APFS use.

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