Maps has been ridiculously slow for many years on MacOS for me. Even on my M4 Mac Mini, I can put in a destination and click on Directions, and it will sit forever and not provide a route, or it takes 10x as long as it does on my Iphone if it actually works. Am I the only one who finds Maps to be hopelessly broken on MacOS? Is there anything I can do to reset it, clear a cache, something? I usually just end up going to Google Maps in a browser if I need directions because the Maps application doesn't work most of the time.
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Why is Maps so slow
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I'm newly wed to macOS this year with 3 different devices so I can't reflect over the years, but I've not suffered from what you describe. I'm now on my MBP with location services OFF (always) and after opening Maps and typing an address with the predictive autocomplete coolness and hitting Return, the result is instant and dead-on.
Weird. It's always been so slow for me. No idea why it takes 20-30 seconds, or longer to plot a simple route near my house. My iPhone can do routes almost instantly. I wonder if there's some hidden cache or something that's corrupt that I can clear out but it drives me nuts.
I've seen people suggest NVRAM PRAM resets but I never see it actually help. If you open the app and goto settings, router planner do you have an avoidances on? Is preferred transportation type set to "Driving"?