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Inexplicable delay in MacOS dialogue boxes

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larryleveen

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Once I have made selections in dialogue boxes (Save, Save As, Open, Attach, etc.), my Sequoia 15.3 Macbook Air M2 will have a several-second delay before executing the command and closing the box to return me to the application I was using. Fortunately, this doesn't keep me from doing what I need to do, but it's been going on for quite a while, and I think for a few OS versions, if I'm not mistaken.

Is anyone else having this weird delay? Thoughts on solving it? It's very much not my fantasy. TIA.
 
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you might try a safe boot on your air.


meanwhile, this is a weird response... 🤣
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does it happen if you save (for example) to different locations? ie documents vs desktop. and are you docs & desktop folders in icloud?
 
fisherking said:
does it happen if you save (for example) to different locations? ie documents vs desktop. and are you docs & desktop folders in icloud?
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It happens when I am dealing with documents that are locally stored on my laptop, though I believe it happens in a variety of places (desktop and within other folders).
 
Why yes, I do — though it is interesting that another user reported not having Grammarly but having the same symptom. That doesn't mean Grammarly isn't AN issue, though.
 
It's the subject of several questions on ASC & elsewhere.
If not that, try a different user account & see if it persists.
 
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OP:

Read ab22's reply 9 again.

You said that, yes, you use Grammarly too.

Then... why don't you try DISABLING or REMOVING it and run like that for 2-3 days?

Does the problem just "clear right up" if you do so?
 
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larryleveen said:
Once I have made selections in dialogue boxes (Save, Save As, Open, Attach, etc.), my Sequoia 15.3 Macbook Air M2 will have a several-second delay before executing the command and closing the box to return me to the application I was using. Fortunately, this doesn't keep me from doing what I need to do, but it's been going on for quite a while, and I think for a few OS versions, if I'm not mistaken.

Is anyone else having this weird delay? Thoughts on solving it? It's very much not my fantasy. TIA.
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I am having that problem in several applications on several Silicon machines ever since the upgrade to 15.3.2
and I'm convinced that it is a bug inside MacOS, as it happens all the time, without any strange software
other than what I have been using for decades: JAVA, Mozilla stuff, LibreOffice.
I am certain that it has nothing to do with external devices or network as I tested with everything off.

You should all bravely wait for 15.4
;JOOP!
 
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OP:

Try creating a new administrative account for experimental purposes.
You can do this in the Users & Groups settings panel (click "add user").

Keep it simple and basic. Few or no "login items", etc.

Then, log out of your regular account and into the new account.
(A full shutdown and reboot might be in order here as well).

Is "the lagging" still there?
Or... gone...?

If the problem disappears when logged into the temporary account, but RE-appears when logged into your "regular" account, then it's probably SOMETHING in your regular account that is mucking things up. It can be a problem to discover just what, however...

(when you're done with the temporary account, you can either delete it or just keep it around, just in case...)
 
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