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September 18, 2025

Premiere Pro lagging and freezing on MacOS Tahoe released

  • September 18, 2025
  • 11 replies
  • 382 views

I have updated my MacBook M1 Max and run Premiere Pro 

that was awful experience..

I waited some time while PP unfreezed statred to show something

While I edited there were lots of lags during cuts 

seems like apple becoming windows... anyway, waiting for some patches fixes from PP and aoole updates

11 replies

R_N_C
Known Participant
October 7, 2025

Thanks!

Do you have any third party plugins or panels installed?
I do, but problem persists after "disable third-party plugins" attached.

 

Can you share a screen recording of your issue?

I will work on that!

Can you try and hold down "SHIFT" while launching Premiere and check the boxes
"Reset app preferences" (Backup Preferences first)
"Clear media cache files"
"Reset plugin loading cache"
"Disable third-party plugins (one-time only)"
done!

 

jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 7, 2025

Hi @R_N_C - Please see pinned post for additional information needed.

R_N_C
Known Participant
October 7, 2025

Ditto.  Exact same problem here.  Macbook Pro M2 Max | 64G on Tahoe 26.0.1.

 

I can hardly edit at all due to lag and performance issues.

Participating Frequently
October 7, 2025

Seems like pp doesn't want to work properly with hevc files and starts lagging 

jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 6, 2025

Hi @tomwoodhouse - Please see the pinned post for additional information needed.

Participating Frequently
October 4, 2025

I have the exact same issue. I've tried everything suggested in this thread and the other relating to the issue.

I get very laggy or zero playback.

jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 22, 2025

Hi @Kirill5D22 - Can you confirm what third party plugin and panels you have installed?  Are these HEVC files?  Can you share a screenshot your media file properties.

Participating Frequently
September 21, 2025

Actually , nothing helped really in my case 

seems like , need to wait for new pp updates and also Mac fixes

jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 18, 2025

Hi @Kirill5D22 - I mention third-party plugins and panels because, on a new operating system, they may not yet be updated for full compatibility.

 

Can you try and hold down "SHIFT" while launching Premiere and check the boxes
"Reset app preferences" (Backup Preferences first)
"Clear media cache files"
"Reset plugin loading cache"
"Disable third-party plugins (one-time only)"

 

Participating Frequently
September 18, 2025

It was all good on Mac OS sequoia everything was smooth and fast , doesn't matter of third party plugins 

but when I updated Tahoe os all come to freezing especially 4k video , 1080 seems fine now