Very slow and laggy on brand new macbook pro #107590

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Emma-DeRoover · 2023-05-03T22:35:34+02:00

Emma-DeRoover commented

2023-05-03 22:35:34 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
2,8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Graphics card: Radeon Pro 555 2 GB
Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

Blender Version
Broken: Version 3.5.1 (3.5.1 2023-04-25)
Worked: none

Short description of error
I got this new macbook and downloaded blender, my old computer was a macbook pro 13" 2013, it's a significant update. I notice difference working in adobe so I thought blender would work better too. But blender is not really working and I literally only have 1 very simple SVG imported (text).

Any one know what I can do?

**System Information** Operating system: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) 2,8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Graphics card: Radeon Pro 555 2 GB Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB **Blender Version** Broken: Version 3.5.1 (3.5.1 2023-04-25) Worked: none **Short description of error** I got this new macbook and downloaded blender, my old computer was a macbook pro 13" 2013, it's a significant update. I notice difference working in adobe so I thought blender would work better too. But blender is not really working and I literally only have 1 very simple SVG imported (text). Any one know what I can do?

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YimingWu commented

2023-05-04 08:24:20 +02:00

Hi @Emma-DeRoover , looks like it could be that blender isn't using your Radeon graphics card on your machine. Try update drives on your machine as described here and see if it made any difference: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/3.6/troubleshooting/gpu/apple/amd.html . Thanks!

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Emma-DeRoover commented

2023-05-04 09:37:47 +02:00

Hello @ChengduLittleA , thanks so much for the fast reply. I've checked the article, by updating drivers it means to update the whole operating system. The computer came with OSX Ventura and I had to go back to Catalina in order to get my cracked programs working, the newer OSX block out piracy and wouldn't let me download them. So updating the computer isn't an option :(

I'm going to leave the system-info attached in case it can help.

Appreciate your help, thanks

Hello @ChengduLittleA , thanks so much for the fast reply. I've checked the article, by updating drivers it means to update the whole operating system. The computer came with OSX Ventura and I had to go back to Catalina in order to get my cracked programs working, the newer OSX block out piracy and wouldn't let me download them. So updating the computer isn't an option :( I'm going to leave the system-info attached in case it can help. Appreciate your help, thanks

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YimingWu commented

2023-05-04 09:43:21 +02:00

From the system info it does seem the GPU doesn't report very much info, although it does show metal as the back end, which I guess should be fine, let's wait for some people who's more familiar with this.

From the system info it does seem the GPU doesn't report very much info, although it does show `metal` as the back end, which I guess should be fine, let's wait for some people who's more familiar with this.

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Pratik Borhade commented

2023-05-04 13:31:33 +02:00

Any performance improvement with OpenGL backend?

Very slow and laggy

Which operations are resulting in poor performance? (eg. viewport navigation, object selection, etc.)

Any performance improvement with OpenGL backend? > Very slow and laggy Which operations are resulting in poor performance? (eg. viewport navigation, object selection, etc.)

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Emma-DeRoover commented

2023-05-04 13:39:59 +02:00

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is OpenGL backend?

And I noticed poor performance in: moving the object around, remesh modifier loading a lot when applied, sculpting in sculpting mode is almost impossible. This is what I have detected from what I was doing.

Thanks for your help

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is OpenGL backend? And I noticed poor performance in: moving the object around, remesh modifier loading a lot when applied, sculpting in sculpting mode is almost impossible. This is what I have detected from what I was doing. Thanks for your help

Pratik Borhade commented

2023-05-04 13:49:45 +02:00

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is OpenGL backend?

A graphics API. OpenGL is by default for every platform. Recently Metal support has been added on MacOS for performance improvement: https://code.blender.org/2023/01/introducing-the-blender-metal-viewport/

Please check if there is any difference in results with OpenGL and Metal backend.

> Sorry for my ignorance, but what is OpenGL backend? A graphics API. OpenGL is by default for every platform. Recently Metal support has been added on MacOS for performance improvement: https://code.blender.org/2023/01/introducing-the-blender-metal-viewport/ Please check if there is any difference in results with OpenGL and Metal backend.

Pratik Borhade commented

2023-05-25 07:54:22 +02:00

Hi, any updates here?

Michael Parkin-White commented

2023-05-25 11:51:09 +02:00

Other data point for testing OpenGL vs Metal would be to run Blender 3.4 and see what performance is like there as well.

Having a reproduction, and additional information would be very useful in helping narrow this down.
Thanks!

Other data point for testing OpenGL vs Metal would be to run Blender 3.4 and see what performance is like there as well. Having a reproduction, and additional information would be very useful in helping narrow this down. Thanks!

Pratik Borhade commented

2023-06-02 04:17:51 +02:00

No activity for more than a week. As per the tracker policy we assume the issue is gone and can be closed.

Thanks again for the report. If the problem persists please comment back or open a new report with the required information.

No activity for more than a week. As per the tracker policy we assume the issue is gone and can be closed. Thanks again for the report. If the problem persists please comment back or open a new report with the required information.

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