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jwrking Author

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Video freezes and/or is choppy Mac Mini M2 Pro - Definitely not overloaded

So, having gone from i7 iMac to M2 Pro Mac Mini, I am wondering why I bothered. The video playback is a mess. Both online and offline video regularly stops (audio continues) and restarts. Offline video and online video... Prime, Netflix, Youtube, TV etc etc. Apalling for what is supposed to be a very capable platform. I have seen much on here that simply does not fit. Not excessively overloaded - more than half memory available at any point in time (I have 32GB). No anti-virus, I have killed the CleanmyMac health checker... Followed all the suggestions but no change, no benefit. This is Sonoma 14.1. Mind you, I see a lot of issues at Ventura too. Why did they not correct the situation? I can run Entrecheck but it raises NO major issues and the remainder are kext minor issues but no one seems to be able to definitely say what can be removed, or indeed whether it is any benefit. Have I made a terrible mistake moving to Apple Silicon?

Mac mini

Posted on Aug 23, 2024 12:47 PM

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BDAqua

Level 10

244,943 points

Posted on Aug 23, 2024 8:38 PM

Have you run Disk Utility's Disk First Aid on all connected drives?

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.

Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.

Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.

Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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Sep 4, 2024 10:29 AM in response to jwrking

I have an M2 Mac Mini Pro here with 32 GB RAM and Sonoma 14.6.1; a Wi-Fi 6 connection to my router, and a 350 Mbps Comcast feed. I have zero video freezing or choppiness from any streaming video source such as YouTube, Paramount+, TubiTV, PlutoTV, etc.