I have posted about this before. I was having memory pressure issues too often, affecting the overall performance of my M1 mini with 16GB. I was using a DisplayLink adapter to connect a second monitor with an HDMI cable that for some reason caused instability when plugged in directly to the mini (the main display is connected with USB-C to DisplayPort).
I tried so many things before... until yesterday I got a thought: I connected the secondary display to the mini via a new HDMI cable, disabled the DisplayLink software from the login and rebooted. This was almost 24 hours ago. Since then, my mini has been perfectly stable and no memory pressure issues at all, with the swap still at 13.3MB only with exactly all the same apps I always keep open.
I don't know if this is a coincidence but since then my M1 seems reborn. Feels much faster, and even the magic mouse lagging I was having seems to have disappeared. So perhaps the slowness due to the memory pressure was causing that too.
Now, again I don't know if it's a coincidence but many people have reported this issue and many people use DisplayLink adapter to connect the external displays. Could there be a link? (no pun intended)
The DisplayLink software I was using is native, not running under Rosetta.
If there's anyone with this issue who uses a DisplayLink adapter, could you please try disabling the software and not using the adapter for a little while to see if you can confirm the same improvement? Thanks!
I tried so many things before... until yesterday I got a thought: I connected the secondary display to the mini via a new HDMI cable, disabled the DisplayLink software from the login and rebooted. This was almost 24 hours ago. Since then, my mini has been perfectly stable and no memory pressure issues at all, with the swap still at 13.3MB only with exactly all the same apps I always keep open.
I don't know if this is a coincidence but since then my M1 seems reborn. Feels much faster, and even the magic mouse lagging I was having seems to have disappeared. So perhaps the slowness due to the memory pressure was causing that too.
Now, again I don't know if it's a coincidence but many people have reported this issue and many people use DisplayLink adapter to connect the external displays. Could there be a link? (no pun intended)
The DisplayLink software I was using is native, not running under Rosetta.
If there's anyone with this issue who uses a DisplayLink adapter, could you please try disabling the software and not using the adapter for a little while to see if you can confirm the same improvement? Thanks!
