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M1 Mac performance (Tahoe)

no0nefamous said:
The choppy OS animations many are mentioning I do not think are an M1 mac problem. I have noticed them ever since getting the m1 iMac back in 2021. One of the few things I hate about macOS is that it just loves to try and dazzle you with things moving around the screen.... at an often insultingly low framerate that makes the entire thing feel cheaper than if it didn't do it at all. You can select to reduce motion in the options, but that doesn't turn off all animations. I don't want to turn them off anyway, I want them to either have more frames animated or playback the frames faster so it feels snappier!

This probably sounds so trivial to some but for me its one of the few things that stops me from ever getting fully onboard with macOS.

I have a Windows mid-range laptop. Less than half the cost of an iMac. 60hz screen. Nothing on the screen ever feels clunky, stuttery, and slow the way macOS system animations do because, despite all of the flaws Windows has, they at least made an effort to make navigating the OS look snappy and fluid.
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The same. Noticed problem with stutters when bought my first MacBook in 2020. But not only on animations, scrolling also. Tested on Air 2018 and M1.

iOS has the same problem with some stutters, tested on iPhone 12 and iPhone 15 Pro.
 
I’m pretty apprehensive about
macOS 26 on M1. It seems to run fine for some people and terribly for others.

I have a lot of applications installed and some of them have further system extensions enabled. I’m just guessing, but I imagine it’s the kind of set up that would be most problematic for this upgrade.
 
Séimhe said:
I’m pretty apprehensive about
macOS 26 on M1. It seems to run fine for some people and terribly for others.

I have a lot of applications installed and some of them have further system extensions enabled. I’m just guessing, but I imagine it’s the kind of set up that would be most problematic for this upgrade.
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Those "some people" just don't care or too blind to frame drops.
I tried freshly reinstalling Tahoe hoping some bad software was causing the slowdown but nope, it's definitely Tahoe.
 
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Onlyuseapple said:
Tahoe runs just fine on my m1 MacBook Air, not one issue in a week of having it.
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Nobody serious cares about people who say they have “not one issue” on a used m1 they just bought.

We are after serious and experienced voices. Nobody serious says “not one issue”. There is no such thing as an OS with “not one issue”.
 
boswald said:
I'm on an M5 Air with 24GB of RAM and even I notice choppy animations every now and then. I think it's just a Tahoe thing. 🤷‍♂️
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Yeah but we have noobs who for “some reason” appeared to tell us we are all mad for complaining and that Tahoe is the most flawless OS to exist in history and then gaslight us for documenting bugs. It’s all our fault apparently. We’re just holding it wrong.
 
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JMalone said:
Nobody serious cares about people who say they have “not one issue” on a used m1 they just bought.

We are after serious and experienced voices. Nobody serious says “not one issue”. There is no such thing as an OS with “not one issue”.
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So those who have no issues from macOS Tahoe are just not serious and not experienced voices to you.
 
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JMalone said:
There is no such thing as an OS with “no issues”. Do not try to gaslight us with this ridiculous fantasy OS with “no issues”. You are literally staring at a forum that documents bugs every day.
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Probably have used macOS and apple products longer than you ever did or will. The only versions I was not happy with were leopard, lion and Big Sur. The rest have not bothered me in the least, and if rounded corners get you started.... so be it. Try using the disaster that windows is at all.
 
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JMalone said:
There is no such thing as an OS with “no issues”. Do not try to gaslight us with this ridiculous fantasy OS with “no issues”. You are literally staring at a forum that documents bugs every day.
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I simply extrapolated your statements and I don't understand why you stay with an older OS version when it definitely has issues too.
 
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