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Participant
Aug 13, 2025 2:57 PM UTC
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Premiere pro preview lagging and freezes

So I started editing and bessically everytime I wanna play my footage it takes around 10 seconds to start and randomly while playing the preview window freezes and if I want to change text it also randomly freezes the preview monitor. I have a week old macbook

- Macbook air m4 24gb ram
- Premiere pro 25.3.0 (a week old first project I have ont this premiere pro installation
- Cache is cleared
- using 1/4 quality

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Participant
Aug 15, 2025 6:49 AM UTC

does not help 

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Peru Bob
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Community Expert
Aug 13, 2025 5:25 PM UTC

Check the Audio Hardware Preferences. Default Audio Input should be set to No Input.

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Participant
Aug 13, 2025 4:00 PM UTC

This is the footage I am using 

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Community Manager
Aug 13, 2025 3:47 PM UTC

Hi @OlliesWorld,

Welcome to the Premiere Pro forums and sorry you are experiencing issues. Could you provide a few more details about your project and workflow?

What kind of footage are you working with (what is the source, resolution, frame rate, format, etc)? Are you using any effects or third-party plugins? Where is your media stored?

Would you be able to share a screen recording of the issue?

Sorry for the frustration and hope we can help you soon,
Dani

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Participant
Aug 13, 2025 3:12 PM UTC

My macbook is up to date but it is running macos Tahoe beta 26 I don't know if premiere pro maybe just does not like the beta 

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Community Expert
Aug 13, 2025 3:10 PM UTC

Is your macbook's OS software up to date cus sometimes I'm having that kind of problem when the update is pending?

 

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