Disk Utility slow to display devices on M1 Max w Monterey

[khollister]

I have noticed that Disk Utility on my new 16" MBP M1 Max is very slow to display devices/volumes after opening the app (several seconds). My M1 MBP on Big Sur was basically instant. I have all the same devices connected via a dock. Has anyone else noticed this and know of a fix?

 

[chabig]

I don't think you have a problem that requires a fix. A few seconds delay is nothing and actually seems pretty normal given my experience. It might depend on what you have connected, whether they are asleep or awake, and the nature of the dock.

 

[derek]

I had exactly the same problem khollister, and it can be severe. chabig is incorrect. Worse than that, Disk Utility failed to successfully run First Aid on a connected (via dock) encrypted Time Machine drive.

In my case, I am on a MacBook Air M1 running a just installed macOS Monterey v12.1. I seriously wish I hadn't upgraded to 12 and waited until Apple got-the-bugs-out, which they have not. Discovering further odd problems with the OS, I decided to: (A) Dump the Disk Utility preferences. That didn't help. (B) Reinstall Monterey from Options: Recovery. (C) Let the OS sit around for awhile, sorting itself out. (D) Restart the OS to further help it sort itself out. That solved the problems entirely.

Summary: Reinstall Monterey. Let the file system simmer. Restart. See if that sorts out Disk Utiiity and other oddities.

 

[cp1160]

I'm experiencing very long delays...as much as 30 seconds or more, for an external SSD to appear. Sometimes it is immediate, sometimes takes a long time. At least 3 times the very long time turned into an application crash.

 

[MRxROBOT]

I have noticed that Disk Utility on my new 16" MBP M1 Max is very slow to display devices/volumes after opening the app (several seconds). My M1 MBP on Big Sur was basically instant. I have all the same devices connected via a dock. Has anyone else noticed this and know of a fix?

I had the same issue on the M1 Pro 16", seems to have resolved itself after upgrading software to 12.2.1

 

[cbondcarolina]

I've noticed this as well on my recently purchased Mac Studio. I have a 2020 M1 Macbook Air and Disk Utility flies open on it, no matter what additional drives I have connected. The Studio takes more than a few beats, and sometimes doesn't open at all unless I perform a full system restart. I'm not sure why this is the case.

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the latest generation Apple Silicon since it mostly seems to be happening on M1 Pro and M1 Max machines.