LR unusably slow on M1 macbook Pro/Sonoma/14.1.2

[Alisa3479290946gu]

I am in the trial period for LR, certainly a novice.  I note LR is unusable due to slowness., particularly with export.   It gets stuck on image 1 when I am only seeking to upload 33 photos.  Please help!

System: Macbook Pro M1, 8 GB, Sonoma 14.1.2

Lightroom version: 7.1.2 MAS arm64 [ 20231210-1901-9bac95f ] (Dec 10 2023)
NGL Version: 1.36.0.9
WF Version: 6.1 6106173
VF Version: 1.0.135.7
HIL Version: 40409
CAI Version: adobe_c2pa/0.7.6 c2pa-rs/0.25.2

Operating system: macOS
OS Version: macOS 14.1.2 (23B92)
Application architecture: arm64
Computer model: MacBookPro17,1 / Apple M1
Logical processor count: 8
Built-in memory: 8,192.0 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 8,192.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 534.0 MB (6.5%)
Peak memory used by Lightroom: 2,835.0 MB
Memory cache size: 43.0 MB

Internal Camera Raw version: 16.1 [ 1727 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: Neon
Camera Raw virtual memory: 3686MB / 4095MB (89%)

Display: 2880x1800

Graphics Processor Info: Metal: Apple M1
Graphics Processor Detail: loaded: Yes, supported: Yes, compute: Yes, init: I4_GPU3, hard: success, soft: success, al: Yes, dl: No
OS Media Capability: true

Application Folder: /Applications
Settings Folder: /Users/acarlson/Library/Containers/com.adobe.mas.lightroomCC/Data/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom CC
Library Folder: /Users/acarlson/Pictures/Lightroom Library.lrlibrary

[Sameer K]

Hey, @Alisa3479290946gu. Welcome to the Lightroom Community & thanks for sharing the details. I'll help you with this.

Where are you exporting to? Internal, or an external drive? Does the export slow down after a series of specific edits, like, Lens Blur, HDR Workflow?

First, ensure Lightroom has the required permissions on the macOS: https://adobe.ly/4aX0cZB

Try skipping the Lens Blur (early access) & HDR workflow & check if the speed improves.

Thanks!
Sameer K