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Mary Betsy
Inspiring
December 13, 2022

Major lag on timeline with Premiere Pro v 23.1 - macOS

  • December 13, 2022
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Since updating to Premiere v 23.1, I'm experiencing serious delays when performing standard actions on the timeline (scrubbing, trimming, playback, etc). Restarting the application seems to provide temporary relief, but performance quickly gets sluggish the longer I edit.

 

The lag occurs regardless of:

  • whether the playback resolution is 1/4 or high
  • whether High Quality Playback is checked
  • whether I've rendered clips on the timeline
  • the type of media (compressed video, proxies, just audio)

 

I've also tried:

  • updating macOS
  • setting my audio input to none
  • clearing the media cache
  • resetting the workspace

 

I use Productions and am working on the same projects (now upgraded to the new version) that had no performance problems before the last update. If anyone can help me troubleshoot or provide insight, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, y'all.

 

System specs

  • macOS Monterey
  • Version 12.6.2
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)
  • Processor 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5
  • Memory 64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3
  • Startup Disk Macintosh HD
  • Graphics AMD FirePro D300 2 GB
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121 replies

R Neil Haugen
Legend
April 15, 2023

Did you try 23.3, that came out like Thursday? That has fixed most Multicam issues apparently.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Participant
April 15, 2023

why this haven't fixed already. i had to install Premiere version 22 so i could work on my projects. today i tried the latest version but still this is not fixed. i had to install the version 22 again so i could continue my projects. please fix this. any if anyone know why premiere takes so much application memory, sometime it goes for like 40 - 50 gb.. i'm running on a Mac Mini M1 16GB RAM 128 HDD

Community Expert
April 13, 2023

@Michael Grenadier   That's an excellent summary of things to do to troubleshoot performance issues.

@king edward  I'd add using Apple diagnostics to test your Mac and recommend using ProRes (if not already doing so).  Both 2160 and 1080 ProRes 422 HQ, 422, 422 LT and Proxy should work extremely well on a 2019 Intel based Mac.

Legend
April 13, 2023

King Edward, are you experiencing the problems described in the original post in this thread? 

 

First, give us some more details on your setup, in particular the amount of RAM.  And do you have sufficient empty space on your startup drive (at least 20% is recommended) and on your media drive if the media is stored on an external drive (at least 10%).  Are you running any other programs at the same time as Premiere?  If so, don't (this is a troubleshooting step to help determine why the problem is occuring).  Have you reset preferences and emptied caches?  You might try doing a clean install of CC

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

Try creating a new user for the mac with administrator privileges and log in to that account and see if it helps.

It's always difficult to troubleshoot issues from a distance unless you approach this is a systematic fashion...

Lot's of otherstuff to try...  

 

Participant
April 13, 2023

big problem with adobe premiere 2023 not working correctly, better if we will go back to 2015

i have a MacBook pro i9 ventura with adobe premiere 2023 HD video editing not working, with SDD HRD DISK

ADOBE,ADOBE,ADOBEADOBE Why this problemssssssssssssssssssss

M1Storyteller
Inspiring
April 10, 2023

I am starting to wonder if the original problem of this thread still exists. Granted, I've never used so many MOGRTs before, and maybe that's my root cause. But I've never had to sit around and wait for Adobe to render and catch up to my movements the way I have in the last 3-4 months - since the OP shared her feedback.

Admittedly, I may also not be set up for optimal performance. So, if anyone can point to specific threads or links for optimizing my performance with Adobe PP on a Macbook Pro 2019, I'm all ears.

 

System specs:

macOS Ventura (13.2)

Adobe Premiere Pro 23.2.0 (Build 69)

Macbook Pro 16-inch, 2019

2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

64GB 2667 MHz DDR4

AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB

Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536MB

Bobby Broadway
Participating Frequently
April 8, 2023

Hello, 
PR is destroying my work flow. I just went back to 23.0 because I know 23.1 was garbage, and I installed 23.2 which is more garbage. Back to 23.0 is PR over this the worst work flow ever. I have been using PRsince 2005. WTF. 

My setup: 2.4 GHZ 8 core intel core i9
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB
64 GB
Ventura 13.2.1

I have been editing for 20 years and never have had this much frusturation. Work is work, but with fighting software is brutal. 

Best, Robert.

 

 

 

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2023

@Michael Grenadier please look for a PM from me.

Legend
March 29, 2023

my previous reply was to a post byHootieGPop which seems to have disappeared.    Not sure why...  

Legend
March 29, 2023

what mac model are you using? I've got a macstudio running ventura Apple
M1 Max and 32gigs of ram without these issues... although I'm not using
dip to white. If it was working fine in the previous version, revert to
that version.

There are some simple troubleshooting steps I'd recommend.
Uninstall Premiere using this tool
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html
and then reinstall

reset your preferences and empty you cache

Updates often make greater demands on system resources... At the moment,
I'm working with a 3 camera shoot with 1080 24p avchd sources without any
issues. What are your source properties and sequence settings

Are you running any other programs at the same time as Premiere? If so, as
a troubleshooting step try closing everything except Premiere.

Might be useful to create a new user with administrative privileges in
system preferences: users and groups and make sure there are no log in
items enabled and see if that helps.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

If you have any questions about how to do these things, post bac,

Please try these things in a systematic fashion and post back with your
results.