My m1 MBA which is a 16GB RAM/512GB storage configuration has started having some stuttering performance issues. I am not doing anything particularly taxing, often running just Chrome with several tabs open for Gmail, Google Docs, Google Meet essentially alot of Google Suite + occasional use of MS Teams for meetings but this is done via browser rather than app. Essentially what happens is that I get to a point where the mac stops responding to keyboard / mouse input for a few seconds and then starts processing it again. Due to the length of time between the initial click and the action, I've often thought my click mustn't have registered and so clicked on a UI element again. However, when it starts processing the clicks, it processes the initial click and subsequent click so say to open a menu in google docs and then close the menu.
When this issue occurs, the MBA keyboard feels noticably warm, so I suspect its thermal throttling. However, there is nothing substantially changed in my workload that and certainly nothing that should cause any issue. I've checked and macOS is up to date, as is Chrome. Anyone else seen this kind of thermal throttling in their m1 MBA? Any tips on debugging?
When this issue occurs, the MBA keyboard feels noticably warm, so I suspect its thermal throttling. However, there is nothing substantially changed in my workload that and certainly nothing that should cause any issue. I've checked and macOS is up to date, as is Chrome. Anyone else seen this kind of thermal throttling in their m1 MBA? Any tips on debugging?