I hear you on that. To address that in the past I have tried to create a brand new TM backup as I wondered in the past if the file systems were causing issues, as I have had those slowdowns in the past.
I tried wiping Ventura and it helped for a few days, but the problem came back. I have not had the issue since downgrading back to Monterey, but because my Time Machine backup was on Ventura when I restored my data my system rebooted randomly until I did all the updates with the exception of Ventura obviously so keep that in mind and don’t freak out. The first time I tried to restore it showed I had no data, but I’m not sure if that was because of my router because I rebooted everything and 🙏. Fortunately I got all my data, updated all software. Also you might want to delete all Apple apps and redownload them from the App Store because I think things were crashing because it technically had parts of Ventura. I’ve had a silky smooth time on my 💻 so far and I’ve also made a point to load as many chrome tabs as possible even when I don’t need it just to see if it does the same thing. If you don’t hear from me that means it’s working and you should downgrade to Monterey.
You might want to upgrade to a Wi-Fi 6 router and just plug your time capsule into that, then disable Wi-Fi on your time capsule. That should fix your problem because unlike older Wi-Fi it handles request simultaneously. Imagine going to Walgreens and only 1 person working. Wi-Fi 6 is like Walmart except all lanes open taking care of everything properly. I do this for a living and had almost exactly what you explained.
I’m not sure what mac you are on, but I have a problem remembering to backup so I plugged a time capsule in my mesh unit in my office and plugged in a Samsung T7 SSD to the time capsule. I turned off on the time capsule and that gives you the ability to do reliable Time Machine backups. You can also backup multiple macs if you have enough space
DO NOT. You don’t gain much other than being able to use your iphone as a webcam which I don’t care about. They changed so much and I hate the new settings trying to be like an iPad.
I would suggest downgrading to Monterey
You should make a Monterey usb installer and make sure to do a time machine backup if you care about your data, but after restoring make sure to delete Apple apps and redownload them from the App store (pages, numbers, keynote, xcode) because my system was randomly restarting. After I did that and installed all updates except Ventura my system is back to normal finally. I haven't even closed a tab in chrome and it's running the way it should when you have 32GB memory with M1 Max.
I have had that happen on an intel mac and I would remove all bluetooth devices in settings, check your batteries and pair them again 1 at a time. Test before pairing the next device. This doesn't sounds like a Ventura issue especially considering using your regular keyboard is fine.I'm also using an external monitor and Bluetooth keyboard & mouse.
I've also had issues with both. Sometimes the Bluetooth devices would disconnect and I would need to restart the OS. Other times the Bluetooth keyboard response time would be very slow - while the laptop's keyboard would still be responsive.
Ventura is a mess! Maybe I'll try to go back to Monterey as well. AFAIK Xcode 14.2 should work on Monterey as well.
Have you tried downgrading to Monterey and before even restoring data see battery life in general is and if it's okay go ahead and restore your data. Just keep in mind that because it's Xcode is an Apple app you will likely get weird actions that will ultimately crash your mac till you delete it and re-download it from the app store. Go ahead and do all updates except Ventura. I can also let everyone know that since I downgraded to Monterey that my system has been super stable and I haven't closed a tab nor even restarted my system once and man does it feel good to be able to depend on my machine again.
If you do need a battery replacement I would just get the parts from ifixit and do it myself. As long as you have the latest 16 inch model it is easy to change and they even have pull tabs to release the adhesive so you don't have to do a ******** work just to get the battery out https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+16-Inch+2021+Battery+Replacement/150593
That will not work. You need to make a Monterey USB installer to boot off it and then you format the drive, do a fresh install. That will make it just like when you first got it and I can confirm that since I did it everything is working perfect! so please don't waste time doing resets. I went through it and I fix macs and pcs for a living so please believe me. Also make sure you have a backup and also keep in mind if you do a restore it will restore Ventura apps like xcode, pages, etc. so I had to delete those and then download them from the app store. Once I did that and did all updates with the exception of Ventura.
It does cleaner than that. If you have a macOS USB installer to boot from and then install macOS that will be as clean as it gets. I can also confirm downgrading to Monterey will solve almost everyones issue on this post.
Keep in mind that if you are using the your original time capsule that the hard drive in it is not dependable because it is an old mechanical drive. You need to get a samsung T7 and you can plug that into your time capsule and configure it. Also you should not be using a time capsule as a router because the wifi is slow compared compared to wifi6 so I would highly recommend getting a NETGEAR wifi 6 router, I have an Orbi mesh setup and my time capsule is plugged into my second mesh in my office. My Samsung T7 is plugged in to the time capsule, then time capsule plugged into my router, then I turn off the wifi on the time capsule. I don’t think will fix your issue, but you don’t know your time capsule drive is bad until you try to do a restore and it keeps failing. You can test if this will fix your issue by physically plugging in a Samsung T7 to the macbook, let it do the initial Time Machine backup and remove the time capsule from Time Machine preferences. You won’t lose your data, you can always add it back. If you still have the issue then you must downgrade to Monterey and I can’t stress enough that you can NOT rely on any original time capsule drive. Any mechanical drive after a couple years starts failing, similar to your cars, but hard drives are hermetically sealed so you can’t preform mechanical maintenance easily, nor would it make financial sense when SSD are quite affordable these days. You can also technically remove the old 3.5 inch HDD from the time capsule and install a Samsung EVO SSD, but it’s easier to plug in a Samsung T7
I mean I go into Internet Recovery and wipe the drive using Disk Utility and install macOS fresh from there. I have never used the Erase All Content And Settings feature and I never will!
NO. That will only let you reinstall the same macOS that you are running and the only way to downgrade is to have a USB
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I would agree, but keep in mind that not everyone needs time machine because if they use no apps and don't care about settings/passwords that iCloud could be sufficient. Time machine basically clones your system so it's identical how it was before it crashed.
Yes, I think the issues I am seeing are tied to Xcode 14.2 and perhaps also to the disk encryption. I'm thinking it could be tied to the disk encryption because the slow downs are more often triggered by creating a new file, which I assume could also trigger some costly (time-wise) encryption process. Just my speculation.
With hardware encryption engines that is absolutely not the case unless you are creating files on the order of many gigabytes in very little time.
It is! I backup my mac locally, try to work entirely out of Dropbox. In fact I even take a backup of my entire Dropbox onto a QNAP once a week as I have trust issues with cloud servers!
