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konraddl
konraddl
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Jan 4, 2024 2:55 PM UTC
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Premiere Pro painfully slow on brand new M1 Macbook Pro M1 Max

I've been editing mainly on Premiere since 2013 on Windows PCs, I bought a brand new M1 Macbook Pro M1 Max 32gb Ram, early in 2023. From the get go Premiere Pro was painfully slow, crashed around 5-10 times per day, video playback was laggy and Program Monitor/Mercury playback screen goes black frequently, requiring 3-5 min wait or restart. The rendering and export speeds are lightning quick, and After Effects works like a dream, especially the User Interface and Render/Exports.

 

First version was Premiere Pro 2022, then 2023 and now 2024. OS was Monteray, then Ventura and now on a clean install of Sonoma, and no change. I have 2 Dell HDMI monitors connected and mainly work off of Samsung T7 SSDs with a seperate SSD drive dedicated to Cache Files. I have tried ProRes proxies, resetting of Preferences, latest os and app updates etc. etc. etc. I have one client that requires me to work in FCP, which is also lightning quick so I cannot understand why Premiere Pro is so slow. I used to work on an ASUS Gaming laptop with much lower specs and Premiere was stable, quick and buttery smooth! The experience on Mac however is aweful, and I have come accross multiplke threads online stating the same issue but no answeres. I'm hoping someone here or from Adobe has some advice for me?

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    Amy the Stuv
    Community Manager
    Amy the StuvCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    Oct 5, 2026 11:02 PM UTC

    Hello ​@konraddl 

    I apologize for the delayed response from our team as we underwent some changes. I’m trying to hit our backlog now and if you are still around and experiencing these issues in 26.5.2, I would love to know. 
    I looked into what might have caused this. Adobe tracked poor playback on Sonoma with multiple displays on M2 Studio and Mac Pro systems. The workaround was to enable System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Displays have separate Spaces; the issue was reported fixed in Premiere 24.2.1, however.

    Hopefully your issue has resolved by now with the most recent updates, but I wanted to reach out and try to close this ticket if possible and let you know that future bug reports should be responded to in a more timely manner. Again, we are truly sorry it took this long to reach out. 

    Thank you for your report,

    Amy
     

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