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ProMotion stuttering

EmperorTim

EmperorTim

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Oct 2, 2015
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Hey all, picked up a base 16" today and was scrolling through here, Reddit, and the Apple website to find the scrolling experience not smooth at all unlike the iPhone 13 Pro and iPad Pro. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing or feeling this? ProMotion is enabled in the display settings, no low power mode or reduce motion enabled, both on and off charge. Have updated to macOS 12.0.1 and no different than before. Feels like other apps too like scrolling through my music library also is not very smooth :(
 
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EmperorTim said:
Hey all, picked up a base 16" today and was scrolling through here, Reddit, and the Apple website to find the scrolling experience not smooth at all unlike the iPhone 13 Pro and iPad Pro. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing or feeling this? ProMotion is enabled in the display settings, no low power mode or reduce motion enabled, both on and off charge. Have updated to macOS 12.0.1 and no different than before. Feels like other apps too like scrolling through my music library also is not very smooth :(
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I tried the new MacBooks at the Apple Store earlier today and I felt the same about ProMotion, couldn't notice any difference from old MacBooks Pro. ProMotion in iPhone and iPad Pro is very noticeable for me though.
 
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What browser are you using? Can you record the screen with cmd+shift+5 to see if it's running at 120 Hz, or even slo-mo recording from your phone?
 
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ProMotion is the only reason I bought the Pro over an Air… This hopefully is not true.
 
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Even without ProMotion I find macOS to be a lot more stuttery than iOS (and that's when comparing it with a non-ProMotion iOS device). It's really disappointing that Apple, even on their own chips, can't seem to get the system animations and scrolling to be as equally smooth as on iOS.

Let's hope it's fixed because ProMotion, I imagine, is a big selling point for many who buy this machine but if the system animations can't keep up then what's the point?

Currently scrolling through my Music library at something daft like 10 FPS & if it's that bad on the new MacBook Pro's then I'd be pissed.
 
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EmperorTim said:
Hey all, picked up a base 16" today and was scrolling through here, Reddit, and the Apple website to find the scrolling experience not smooth at all unlike the iPhone 13 Pro and iPad Pro. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing or feeling this? ProMotion is enabled in the display settings, no low power mode or reduce motion enabled, both on and off charge. Have updated to macOS 12.0.1 and no different than before. Feels like other apps too like scrolling through my music library also is not very smooth :(
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Websites load different scripts for different devices.

They load stupid amount of scripts on desktops so even if you have 1200000000000hz screen those websites will still stutter.
 
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This is strange because Apple website says "ProMotion comes to Mac for the first time, making everything from scrolling through a web page to gaming super fluid and responsive". I will be heading to the store first to try before ordering.
 
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Same here- scrolling on Safari is nowhere near as smooth as the iPhone or a higher refresh Windows machine. I can see much smooth UI transitions so its definitely there- just not so much on Safari. Hopefully will be fixed. I have the 16-inch 1TB model.
 
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ahrian said:
mine 16 inch 1TB is arriving tomorrow, u all scared the sht out of me
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Tbh. It's prob fine. This is the first ProMotion display for the macs. They prob will improve it with updates. And even if they don't. It's prob still smoother than the normal 60hz we usually get. So come to think of it, it's a win-win :D
 
Stuttering is often about pages loading as you scroll, which ProMotion doesn't affect. The faster refresh rate will be noticeable in some situations but not others.
 
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Tbh. It's prob fine. This is the first ProMotion display for the macs. They prob will improve it with updates. And even if they don't. It's prob still smoother than the normal 60hz we usually get. So come to think of it, it's a win-win :D
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Well, I'm used to my 240hz monitors so if stutters and it's not a software issue I will return it.
 
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Tried both 14" and 16" MBP at the Apple Store and it did stutter when scrolling in Safari. Wondering if Chrome has the same issue. Other than that it is an amazing machine. Hopefully an update soon.
 
Must be a software issue. I don't see ANY way this could be hardware.

Probably the interaction between the two has bugs. If they are throttling the freq then that could do it. (as if I had a clue)

note: I love these major releases. Such drama :D
 
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