M1 iMac and M1 MacBook Pro, Sluggish Premiere interface

[Kevin23301033bwqa]

Hello,

I have both an M1 iMac, fully loaded and an M1 MacBook Pro 13" with 16GB RAM each. Issue: Premiere interface slows down over time. Acts like a memory leak. Clicking on UI elements becomes a click and wait proposition. Once I save the project, quit and restart Premiere it is fine for a while.  Same project opened on an Intel iMac does not exhibit this issue. Any thoughts from the collective?

Regards,   Kevin

[Kartika Rawat]

Hi Kevin!

Sorry about the trouble. Does it happen on a specific project? Could you post the screenshot of the Memory? Preferences > Memory.

Let us know.

Thanks,

Kartika

[Kevin23301033bwqa]

Hi Kartika,

Thanks for the swift reply. The slowness isue is not consistent. I have yet to discern a pattern of when it occurs or what is an obvious trigger to make it happen. I edit on external LaCie spinning drives connected via USB-C.

[Kevin23301033bwqa]

Hello, I have an update. M1 MacBook Pro 13 and M1 24" iMac. The issue has been a delayed response time when selecting items in the menu system while using Premiere Pro. I discovered by accident yesterday that by closing the Essential Graphics panel (which I keep open and undocked) the slow menus and dragging of items in the interface speeds up to normal.

[Joost van der Hoeven]

M1 systems have had issues with external devices. Does the issue happen when working of the internal Storage or an external SSD?

[Kevin23301033bwqa]

Thank you Joost. My workflow is all on external SSD. I've since tried the projects on a 15" Core i9 MacBook Pro. I did not see the issue repeat there. The only time it seems to occur (slow to open menu items and slow dialog boxes) is when I have the Essential Graphics panel open. I typically keep that window open in my workflow as an undocked window on a second monitor. Closing the panel makes the slow interface issue dissappear.

[Christian.Z]

are your media files and/or project files on the main drive? if so, consider using an external