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Clement5EA6
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February 7, 2023
Question

PREMIERE PRO VERY SLOW ON M1 MACBOOK

  • February 7, 2023
  • 13 replies
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Hello,

 

I already posted my problem nearly 1 year ago. I have a 16" MacBook Pro with a fully loaded M1 MAX processor, and 32GB of RAM. I am currently using Premiere pro 23.1.0 (build 86), on Ventura 13.2.

I work 90% of the time with an external display connected to my MacBook (LG UltraFine 27UL650-W) with a USBC-HDMI cable. So I work with two monitors.

 

My problem is that Premiere Pro is very very slow when editing, and it's not about playing the preview, but scrolling the timeline, moving clips on the timeline, moving a clip from one sequence to another... The UX is absolutely horrible, it feels like editing on an old PC with 1GB of RAM... I edit with low resolution proxies, and again: previewing is not the problem. I made a short screen recording to show you the problem. You can see that my mouse is smooth but when I interact with the software everything drops to 2-4fps... 

 

When I unplug my external monitor, and restart PP, everything is fine, no problem, or less.

 

I don't know if the problem comes from Apple or Adobe, but in any case I'm pissed to see that a 4.000€ computer can't even run a software normally...

 

If you have any solutions for this, it would be awesome!

 

Thx
Clément - User FR

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    Jostin28896733aeq7
    Participant
    October 17, 2023

    I am having the same issue but mine was not a problem from the start, it literally started happening all of a sudden. choppy playback even after rendering. macbook pro m1 8GB RAM. 

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      Tiago3283694431hk
      Participant
      October 10, 2023

      Same problem here. It's impossible to work in a professional flow.

        smashkirk
        smashkirk
        Inspiring
        October 6, 2023

        I have a similar problem with my M1 Macbook Pro. I'm not using Premiere, but I'm using Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign. After a while of using these apps, my whole computer slows down. The Mac UI system animations get very choppy and I have to restart. I'm using a new 27 inch Dell 4K monitor. I only started to notice the issue when I got the 4k monitor. The issue doesn't go away even after closing all my apps, I need to restart the computer, so I think it's both an Apple issue and an Adobe issue.

         

        See my video: https://youtu.be/gDuDFxTiCjU?si=6MkZnvFldjRtuh9y

         

        I'm pissed about this as well. I've wasted so much time trying to figure this out. How can such "powerful" computers run so slow??

        I'm running the latest OS software (Ventura 13.5.2) and latest Adobe software.

        I haven't updated to Sonoma yet, but I'm curious to know if it will be better.

         

         

          mickpeninsulaTV
          mickpeninsulaTV
          Known Participant
          August 14, 2023

          23.2 seems the most stable

            mickpeninsulaTV
            mickpeninsulaTV
            Known Participant
            August 11, 2023

            23.2 seems the most stable

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              빵빵띠끼야
              Known Participant
              August 10, 2023

              This issue occurre ver.23.1 only and same issue on Intel MAC.

              up or down your premiere version

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                ESSTLL3
                Inspiring
                August 10, 2023

                It seems to work better for me too by running it with the intel version !!!

                I hope this will be fixed soon on the Apple sillicon version.......

                  mickpeninsulaTV
                  mickpeninsulaTV
                  Known Participant
                  July 24, 2023

                  This is how buggy a M1 Mac is : See video - This happens with the last 2 updates and the latest beta version. 

                   

                  As you can see a simple text box is causing massive slowdowns

                   

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                    mike1994
                    Participant
                    July 24, 2023

                    Came to this thread with the same issues, and just decided to not run the Apple Silicon Version, but instead run the "intel" version. Night and day difference on performance, at least for me. You can access this through the Adobe Creative Cloud application, go to the "Apps" tap on top, and then scroll down to Premiere Pro. Click the 3 dots next to the button that says "Open" and instead choose "Open (intel)".

                    Hope this helps.

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                      christianm13168760
                      Participant
                      July 14, 2023

                      I've had the same issue and can't find a solution in sight. any luck? 

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