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Screen saver freezing after update.

I'm using Majave 10.14.6 and after a recent update my mac keeps freezing when the screen saver comes on. It also freezes if I select screen saver in system preferences. Everything just freezes up, if left for a minute or so it unfreezes, but everything runs extremely slow and lags unless I restart. Before the update everything was fine. I did try upgrading to Catalina but that caused more issues with my fan running whilst sleeping, so I reinstalled Mojave.


Any ideas what to do?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 3:15 AM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2020 3:37 AM

Hello,

You can try to repair your disk

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support


or you can reset SMC And NVRAM

Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support




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Aug 6, 2020 1:47 PM in response to Mirlo101

Hey,

I think you should reinstall Catalina from scratch but before that you should repair you disk and upgrade to Catalina using MacOs recovery (Just a suggestion) and then leave your Mac for about 6 hours while its turned off. Then you can start it up again.

About macOS Recovery - Apple Support



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Aug 6, 2020 3:50 AM in response to Dela_321

Thanks, i tried these things but the result is the same. As soon as I select screen saver it freezes everything. It seems to be doing it as it searches for the file (just the landscapes screensavers from apple) but the whole mac freezes for a while. Similar when the actual screen saver starts.

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Aug 6, 2020 2:16 PM in response to Dela_321

The fan problem from

catalina seemed to be common from

what I read, I didn’t see a definite answer to it. It was going full speed and the laptop was really hot to touch whilst sleeping. Normally the fan rarely starts at all. Im just hoping for A better update on some front. Thanks for the tips. :)

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