I just got my first macbook. Its a MBP 16" 5500M 8GB 32GB RAM 1TB SSD.
I bought a stronger machine cause I work with photo/video editting and I wanted a portable beast to work remotely.
Coming from windows, I was expecting a good performance considering the specs I bought.
To my surprise, when I launched my Cintiq Pro 16 (external display tablet) with photoshop and immediately the cursor started kinda "skipping frames". I have some videos to show what is happening.
On clip studio paint the "skipping frame" was even more severe. The paint stroke would literally be all full of corners.
And the longer I use, the worst it gets.
If I shut down the laptop, let it cool and turn back on, it improves temporarily.
But again, if I open some heavier arts on photoshop, let chrome and spotify open, it quickly starts to get worse again.
After awhile, the cursor gets really laggy independently if I'm using MBP trackpad or Wacom devices.
Some people suggested interference. I tried disabling all bluetooth connections and removed any wireless devices nearby but no luck.
Also I tried closing programs on the background to see if I could find any software interfering, but so far no luck as well.
Still, I believe that a strong config like this shouldn't have an issue with multiple programs opened at the same time.
Could this be a Catalina issue?
How can I better troubleshoot this?
Could this be a cpu throttle or is it a wacom/macOS compatibility issue?
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edit: When connected to a 2nd monitor, the issue happens immediately.
added some screenshots of tests with photoshop and csp.
I bought a stronger machine cause I work with photo/video editting and I wanted a portable beast to work remotely.
Coming from windows, I was expecting a good performance considering the specs I bought.
To my surprise, when I launched my Cintiq Pro 16 (external display tablet) with photoshop and immediately the cursor started kinda "skipping frames". I have some videos to show what is happening.
On clip studio paint the "skipping frame" was even more severe. The paint stroke would literally be all full of corners.
And the longer I use, the worst it gets.
If I shut down the laptop, let it cool and turn back on, it improves temporarily.
But again, if I open some heavier arts on photoshop, let chrome and spotify open, it quickly starts to get worse again.
After awhile, the cursor gets really laggy independently if I'm using MBP trackpad or Wacom devices.
Some people suggested interference. I tried disabling all bluetooth connections and removed any wireless devices nearby but no luck.
Also I tried closing programs on the background to see if I could find any software interfering, but so far no luck as well.
Still, I believe that a strong config like this shouldn't have an issue with multiple programs opened at the same time.
Could this be a Catalina issue?
How can I better troubleshoot this?
Could this be a cpu throttle or is it a wacom/macOS compatibility issue?
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edit: When connected to a 2nd monitor, the issue happens immediately.
added some screenshots of tests with photoshop and csp.
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