Severe lag and freezing after macOS Tahoe update on MacBook Pro M1

Same here, since I upgraded, everything lags incredibly much. I restart the computer and no programs are open and just start the web browser to watch youtube, it won't start the video. Never had a problem before. But this version makes me very disappointed.

My MacBook Pro 16" 2019 had Sequoia which ran without these hitches and glitches caused by Tahoe. The system is freezing and does not even return to normal unless forced shut down is used. I would like to roll back to Sequoia. Not all computer repair shops are capable in rolling back. The nearest Genius Bar is in Greenville, SC. (not an option). Apple what is the fix? They say you can't roll back, but you can if you can find a dealer with the knowledge. I left one in Virginia. They updated my system and cleaned up some files and apps. It work well for 30 days and now the lagging and glitching has started again. I want Sequoia.

Yes, it’s happening on my Mac, MacBook Air M1.

How do i switch back to MacOS Sequoia 15.7?

My Mac Studio is extremely sluggish. But apple script is really really bad on my machine running Mac OS 26.0.1 (25A362).

I have the same freezing issue on M2 Pro and Edge browser tobpar

Thank you Tony. This seems to have worked for me too. My Mac went from essentially useless to normal operations.

Tony, your fix worked for me, thank you! 👍

(Still runnning fast several days later too, so I believe it stuck.)

This has been the worst update. Has slowed my MacBook to a crawl. The Mac does not wake up from sleep without touching the power button. iTunes is a mess. Takes forever to sync. To name a few.

update: with new adobe updates its even worse then before. my script stops and photoshop has to be force quit

Tony's solution worked for me too - thanks!

In MBP m3 pro base model , it is 100000x slower than sequia , tahoe is unusable , it is nothing but a ram eater , xcode is unusable with it , I want to back to sequia again

The finger print login doesn’t work. You have to hit power button to wakeup the system to name few more in the update saga. This update has been complete mess.

who is Tony? what fix worked?

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