Catilina slow

[macmacmacr]

I am finding Catilina slow after upgrading from high sierra. After removing unwanted Apps it got faster but still has explainable pauses on my Macbook pro.

Has anyone else experienced the same problem ?

 

[Isamilis]

If you can, try to reinstall from USB bootable and copy apps / files manually from backup. It would be the cleanest.

 

[Jack Neill]

Been a problem with it since 10.15.0. Just not the best macOS IMHO. The latest iterations have at least been stable but I found that on my 2012 machines and on my 2020 Air. Big Sur is significantly snappier and smoother than Catalina. I still run Cat on my main Hack and its fine but I am not the biggest fan of the .15 era. Run Onyx a few times and also let it finish indexing, it might settle down and not beachball so much.

 

[Isamilis]

I have difference experience. Fresh install 10.15.7 (latest) on 2 macbook are both very stable, even faster than Big Sur.

 

[macmacmacr]

Been a problem with it since 10.15.0. Just not the best macOS IMHO. The latest iterations have at least been stable but I found that on my 2012 machines and on my 2020 Air. Big Sur is significantly snappier and smoother than Catalina. I still run Cat on my main Hack and its fine but I am not the biggest fan of the .15 era. Run Onyx a few times and also let it finish indexing, it might settle down and not beachball so much.

I have read some Apple forum similiar issues one of which is a problem related to keychain. I will wait for the next update then maybe consider a fresh install.

 

[Jack Neill]

I have read some Apple forum similiar issues one of which is a problem related to keychain. I will wait for the next update then maybe consider a fresh install.

There won't be any more .15.x updates. Just security updates. If you want a clean install I wouldn't wait. If you have the drive space make a container and dual boot a clean install and see if its any better for you.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

10.15.7 is neat and smooth.

 

[Nukemkb]

Wish I’d stayed with Mojave. Catalina definitely slower on my 2012 Mac Mini with SSD and 16 gb.

 

[posguy99]

Wish I’d stayed with Mojave. Catalina definitely slower on my 2012 Mac Mini with SSD and 16 gb.

So reinstall Mojave. What's the big deal?

 

[Nukemkb]

Security updates for the OS. Catalina should last an extra year.

 

[IceStormNG]

I will leave that here https://sigpipe.macromates.com/2020/macos-catalina-slow-by-design/

Catalina is pretty slow in a lot of cases compared to previous OS releases. But it's still faster than Big Sur. At least on my 16".
Still, my 2013 Late feels snappier and more responsive with Mojave than my 16" with Catalina.