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In every MAC OS version going back for years now the MacBook Contacts App has frequent maddening hangs.
No other Mac App has had any hangs.
Why hasn't Apple fixed this?
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
No one here has any idea why Apple do - don't do - anythin, we're just users like yourself. However, what hangs in Contacts are you referring to? I've never seen one and haven't noticed any particular volume of mentions of these things on here. Perhaps it's a local issue, which might explain Apple's (in)actions.
Short answer - Ask Google if they have fixed their Service to play well when used on macOS
Do not get me wrong.
I am Not a Google hatter.
They seem to do things that do not always fit into the Apple Eco-System that well.
On the constructive side
Take the computer Off - Line ( No Internet Connection )
Add your contact information
Does it work as expected ?
Lots of people have this problem and have continued to have it for a long time.
I have hits on Apple discussion and on the wider internet going back years and there are still many on Discussions and on Google.
I've repeatedly tried every one of the suggestions:
-- upgrading to new OS over at least five generations and keeping it up to date automatically
-- having plenty of RAM per the Activity Monitor,
-- local storage over 10% free (formerly on hard drives, for years now solid-state storage),
-- a 750 MB/sec hard-wired internet service,
-- 1+ terabyte of iCloud storage out of our 2-Terabyte plan,
-- exporting and re-importing the contacts (which means reconstructing every item in the smart list).
This never happens on my iPhone when I update a contact.
Anecdotally, cutting my Macbook off of internet service and my own network, which I do occasionally when the problem is urgent seems to allow me to edit contacts at normal speed, without beachball hangs.
But it is hard to be sure that the problem didn't subside on its own by the time I went to Networks to cut myself off.
This suggests that Apple could fix the Contacts.App software so that when the system starts trying to sync to the iCloud or my other devices it is paused by my typing to edit a contact.
Why would that be hard to do?
cutting my Macbook off of internet service and my own network, which I do occasionally when the problem is urgent seems to allow me to edit contacts at normal speed, without beachball hangs.
So this happens when editing a contact while syncing? You didn't mention that. Can you confirm?
Why hasn't Apple fixed the maddening hangs in the MacBook Contacts App that no other Apps suffer?
