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Non-Safari browsers running very slow in Monterey Beta 4
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I've been experiencing the same thing with Chrome on this beta. After a few hours everything starts getting slow, especially switching between tabs. Restarting the browser speeds it up a little, but it takes a full reboot to get it back to normal. For a little while..
So happy that I'm not alone. Exactly my issue too. it's like every other click of the mouse button would get stuck waiting for 20s until time-out and only then would chrome become responsive again. Hopefully Monterey beta5 fixes it or chrome releases new update to cope. It is so slow and unbearable that I could no longer work so I had to give up Chrome and switch to Safari until beta5 comes out.
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Looks like M1 Mac isn't affected? I have MBP 13"/i5 (2019).
But good news. Today I noticed Chrome has new version released,
Version 92.0.4515.131 (Official Build) (x86_64)
After the update, speed returns to snappy, the same response time as in Safari.
Monterey beta4 +Chrome, working harmoniously. I'm very happy now.
But good news. Today I noticed Chrome has new version released,
Version 92.0.4515.131 (Official Build) (x86_64)
After the update, speed returns to snappy, the same response time as in Safari.
Monterey beta4 +Chrome, working harmoniously. I'm very happy now.
today's (3 august) chrome update seems better here as well (so far). progress!
EDIT: maybe spoke too soon, am still experiencing random sluggishness on chrome, and a couple of freezes... 😔
EDIT: maybe spoke too soon, am still experiencing random sluggishness on chrome, and a couple of freezes... 😔
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I was having similar issues up until today and then did some research and found that others were having high CPU with the windowsserver process. To clear the issue I reset the NVRam that someone else suggested and since then MS Edge has not been having any issues where as before I was getting slow response and beachball quite often. At first I thought it was one of the extensions and started removing them without any success. Since doing the NVRam reset and things have been working normal and I have reloaded all my extensions without issues.
just reset nvram, will see if that helps here... thanx!
Did it myself and things seem snappier. No beach balls at the moment.
Edit: Fixed things temporarily, but beachballs returned.
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Edge and Chrome were still very slow after installing Monterey Beta 5 yesterday on my M1 Air. I tried the betas for both. Microsoft Teams was abysmal (more than typical). Downgraded to Big Sur today and they both run great. Staying put for now.
chrome seems fine here today, on beta 5. i did do an nvram reset right after running the update. anyway, no beachballs, slowdowns, or freezes (so far).
