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Darkestwalk
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November 15, 2020
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Premiere is extremely slow since Big Sur

  • November 15, 2020
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Hi,

right now I'm heavily struggling to edit a video in Adobe Premiere.

Since the new Update "Big Sur" is out, Premiere acts extremely laggy in its Preview window, and pausing the video takes pretty long, even though my iMacs CPU inactivity scale is at around 92%. Ram is pretty constantly at 2,9 gb of 8 gb.

Does anyone of you have a similar problem or is it only with me?

 

Best regards

Julian

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    Correct answer RjL190365

    How can I do that?


    Unfortunately, there is no choice but to go "nuclear." As in wipe out all traces of the Big Sur installation and install an older version of OSX from scratch. However, you will not be able to do that if your Mac already shipped with Big Sur pre-installed. In that case, you will have to wait for Adobe to certify Premiere Pro as compatible and supported for Big Sur. This will not come until version 15, whose release has been delayed.

     

    Likewise, there is no "2021" version of Premiere Pro at this time. The current 14.5 version is just another point release of the 2020 version.

    6 replies

    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 16, 2021

    It's probably worth mentioning that as far as going "nuclear" is concerned, Mac users have the option of installing macOS on an alternate boot drive.  This is especially helfpul when troubleshooting performace issue as a user can install just macOS and the application having issues.  In the case of this post, the prior version of macOS and the current Premiere Pro could be installed on an external USB3 SSD or hybrid drive for testing while preserving the curent intall on the Macintosh HD.  In a pinch, a regular USB3 drive could be used (of course, it's not nearly as responsive as an SSD).

     

    Ideally, we'd all have a current bootable back up before we upgrade our OS.  That way we have a quick roll back to the prior, know-to-be-stable, backup.


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    dbirling
    Participating Frequently
    August 16, 2021

    Not sure if your problem is the same as mine, but Premiere was extremely slow and sluggish after upgrading to Big Sur. I updated the OS to the latest version (11.5.2 at the time) and updated Premiere to the latest (15.4) at the time.

     

    Still sluggish. After seaching finally found mention of "deleting media cache" and that has helped a ton, my playhead no longer skips.

    Hope this helps other searching

    chris84711748
    chris84711748
    Participant
    February 1, 2021

    I have exactly the same Problem. I run a 10 Core iMac Pro and Premiere Pro was fast, smooth and easily usable with 5.2 K Apple Prores RAW and 6.2K CinemaDNG from a DJI Inspire 2. Now it is sloppy, and stutters for 1-2 seconds in the timeline.

    Do I really have to roll back to Catalina or is there a Premiere Pro Beta? The same by the way for Lightroom CC. It got slower with Big Sur. In Catalina it was a blast to use.

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    justins21283849
    Participant
    February 2, 2021

    I updated my installation to 14.8 (non-beta), and it still lagged. Then I installed the beta version and it still seemed to lag. Does anyone have a fix for this? It has been several months since Big Sur was released.

    amazing_kid1587
    amazing_kid1587
    Participant
    February 17, 2021

    Did you have any luck getting your Premiere Pro working better? I am having the same problem.

    E.A Enterprises
    E.A Enterprises
    Participant
    January 23, 2021

    Yet we must continue to pay for the service whilst we wait for the release?

    Darkestwalk
    DarkestwalkAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 1, 2021

    Hi E.A Enterprises,

     

    I've had a call with Adobe yesterday and they gave me a refund for the elapsed time. 

    Maybe, you're also able to get your money back.

     

    Regards

    Julian

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      hobbes443
      Participant
      November 25, 2020

      Quick note for anyone googling that lead them here. I wasn't prepared to go "nuclear" and roll back Big Sur, so I found another way.

       

      If you open Creative Cloud, find the 'Beta apps' section under Categories and install the Premiere Beta. It's a beta and might have some bugs (none that I found yet), but it fixes whatever this is in Big Sur. I'm personally okay with using the beta, for those that can't, at least you know it's in the works for next release, though I have no idea when this beta will go live.

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        hobbes443
        Participant
        November 25, 2020

        Can't edit my previous, phew. Just wanted to say the beta is for v14.8, so this will be a point release fix at some point. We won't need to wait until v15, etc.

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 15, 2020

        FAQ: How to reset (trash) preferences.

        FAQ: Clearing Cache Method Premiere Pro v14 « DAV's TechTable

        Darkestwalk
        DarkestwalkAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        November 15, 2020

        Hi Ann,

         

        thanks for your quick response.

        Unfortunately, the problem is still existing...

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        RjL190365Correct answer
        Legend
        November 16, 2020

        How can I do that?


        Unfortunately, there is no choice but to go "nuclear." As in wipe out all traces of the Big Sur installation and install an older version of OSX from scratch. However, you will not be able to do that if your Mac already shipped with Big Sur pre-installed. In that case, you will have to wait for Adobe to certify Premiere Pro as compatible and supported for Big Sur. This will not come until version 15, whose release has been delayed.

         

        Likewise, there is no "2021" version of Premiere Pro at this time. The current 14.5 version is just another point release of the 2020 version.

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