Mac Os Mojave freezes
Since updating to OS Mojave's my Apple mac keeps on freezing 😠. Is there any way to stop this?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), Mojave
Since updating to OS Mojave's my Apple mac keeps on freezing 😠. Is there any way to stop this?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), Mojave
Alas. So much for the easy solution.
This list (https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/apps-work-macos-mojave-3678735/) might point you to some trouble spots among the big software contenders, but it's worth noting I have a pretty good spread of many of the apps listed there (CS5, Word 2011, etc), and none of them crash or burn, nor do they contribute to any slowdowns on my Air. The trouble I was having on my Mini appears to have been due entirely to a failing HD.
That is the next thing to check, by the way. Run Disk Utility on your drives and see if any of them report problems in the SMART status (bottom left of the table of info here):
If it says anything other than "Verified", you'll need to replace the drive soon.
In addition to that, run over your Mac with a fine-tooth comb. If there's any third-party stuff loading in your system menu, or anything loading under "Login Items" with your user account, make sure it's up to date. Also, older software that was not cleanly uninstalled might have left something behind that's interfering with your system now — though tracking that down might be extraordinarily difficult.
Some third-party apps require you to disable SIP (system integrity protection) to install and run. If you don't remember ever booting to recovery and entering this command in the Terminal:
csrutil disable
…then you probably don't have any such software on your machine. Nevertheless, try loading Terminal (you don't have to reboot to do this) and enter this command:
csrutil status
If you see anything other than "System Integrity Protection status: enabled.", you'll need to boot to recovery, select Terminal from the Utilities menu, and enter this command:
csrutil enable
…Followed by a reboot. You can only enable or disable SIP from recovery. You can't do it from safe boot or even via sudo.
Among other things, SIP keeps permissions on files and folders what they ought to be. If those permissions get munged, some programs (and possibly macOS itself) might have trouble functioning.
Do you have a third-party peripheral, such as a keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, or some other hardware element? Confirm its drivers are up to date.
If you have Flash, make sure it's the most recent version. (Check it via the Flash Player item in System Preferences; if it's not there, you probably don't have Flash.) I got a system dialog today telling me the Flash updater daemon was 32-bit, not 64-bit, and so I needed to run an update (the default is for it to auto-update, but I turned that off years ago). Apps that have daemon programs like that, running in the background periodically, are likely suspects in quietly causing trouble in a largely-untraceable way.
Also, take a look at Font Book and see if there are any fonts listed that appear to be damaged or poorly coded. Problematic ones should show the yellow caution triangle next to them in the fonts list. Consider turning those off, or removing them, if there are any.
I've seen problems like software-extension incompatibility before, and it always results in unpredictable system performance somewhere. The trick always is finding out which program is the source of the problem. You've probably seen EtreCheck referenced in other posts in this forum. It might be worth running a report on your machine, seeing if there's anything noted in it, and removing the problematic software, if any.
Same problem for me.. MacBook Pro 2015 MacOs 10.14
When using Exposé, high video demands..
Wanna a fix for this annoying problem.
Same happens to me
Installed update 10.14.1, still fre fr freee z zz ing! !!
thank you!
great news, i havent tried yet but sounds hopeful. thanks again for figuring this out. it was a huge help to find your fix.
Actually what if they're neglecting this architecture because they're working full load on the new one? We've seen that already when they switched from PowerPC to Intel...
I tried this, and so far it’s working. Thank you!!
Iscarton -
What exactly did you try?
by the way my icon dock shows BLANK/ invisible icons when I open apps that is not on the dock.
i hear you , my mac has become a windows XP pc😟... why did i ever update, i didnt need to.
In my case it freezes every time i open a file within a app like excel, photoshop or any other. After maybe 10 sesounds the system unfreezed and i can continue open a file.
Like about 2 minutes after login into my user, my mac freezes and i need to reboot it... It's impossible to use my mac.
HELP!
Irrelevant.
I don't even have CleanMyMac and this Mojave bug has been happening on all my Macs.
Same problem on every front ... mail, web, Word, Excel. Reminds me of Windows 8, which I dumped for Apple. Was that a mistake?
I install Mojave on two macs and they both freezes every time.
My MacBook is restarting now, again....
Mac Os Mojave freezes