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sckeedoo Author

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

Feb 3, 2018 2:05 PM in response to sckeedoo

I don’t understand the thing with SSDs. I have a 2013 rMBP with original 1TB ssd installed that came with the machine. Surely actual Apple ones shouldn’t suffer from this?

vpavlova

Level 1

4 points

Feb 8, 2018 5:31 AM in response to NV Gary

I thought I was in the clear too, but today my MBP rebooted itself while left alone, and then I started seeing visual glitches again.

Feb 20, 2018 12:21 PM in response to Leeroy13

Nope. My system freezes and my external display is "Default for display".

Mar 12, 2018 1:52 PM in response to slashsarc

I just installed the latest public beta for 10.13.4 (Beta 4) and can confirm that the bug is still present :/

Mar 12, 2018 3:11 PM in response to dianeoforegon

I was thinking of doing a fresh install with a High Sierra USB stick and a fresh APFS partition. Will need to reserve some time to do that as rebuilding a development workstation is A LOT of work.

Apr 1, 2018 8:52 AM in response to HDROADKINGN1

BTW - the problem is also visible with their stock SSD and memory.

Apr 1, 2018 6:58 PM in response to fprefect444

It's possible that your drive is re-indexing Spotlight and causing the slow down. Look in Activity Monitor and see if you see any mdworker processes running. Mdworker is a Spotlight process.

Apr 1, 2018 7:50 PM in response to dianeoforegon

I've been running 10.13.4 and still freezes which are causing a hard reboot. I'll try the latter of your recommendations.

Ralf64

Level 1

4 points

Apr 11, 2018 8:58 AM in response to sckeedoo

Same problem on an iMac 27-inch...

I uninstalled FLASH!

BINGO!

All good so far.

fingers crossed.

Uninstall Flash Player for Mac OS

May 25, 2018 5:45 AM in response to sckeedoo

is your dock on the left?

May 25, 2018 7:21 AM in response to Tranceplant

I have this issue, and dock on the left, you think it's a reason? Just uninstall flash, keep monitoring now.

Jun 6, 2018 12:12 PM in response to sckeedoo

with 10.13.5 it's fix.

Jul 5, 2018 10:18 AM in response to solster

is your dock on the left side?

solster

Level 1

4 points

Jul 5, 2018 10:52 AM in response to Tranceplant

Its on the Right side 🙂

It has also been tried on the bottom, to no avail.

Jul 14, 2018 1:18 PM in response to colski1961

When I have similiar issues I can reinstall my OS but most of the time it is related to my browser and I have to reinstall it without losing my programs of course.........

High Sierra macOS freezing and stops