Very slow on boot and open programs

[matvada]

Hello, since about two months my notebook started to be very slow on boot and opening programs (about 10 seconds on Chrome and 2 minutes! on Adobe InDesign). I have 22GB free on my dedicated SSD on Big Sur 11.5.2 I'm on EFI 1.6.1 (Whenever there is a new update I completely replace the EFI folder)

What could be the problem? Thanks!

[Menchen]

It could be cpu or ssd problem, do a benchmark to determine which.

edit: It seems ssd problem is more likely.. how big is your ssd? Try to leave at least 10-20% of free space on ssd.

[matvada]

@Menchen thank you for your reply. This is the result of the benchmark

I have a Samsung 500gb SSD.

Thanks

[Menchen]

Try to free up some space, 30Gb-50Gb free space is a good amount. Also you can confirm this buy doing a disk benchmark.

edit: the cpu seems fine.

[matvada]

Ok @Menchen thank you for your help. I'll try to free up some space.

This is my disk speedtest

Thanks

[Menchen]

For nvme it's a bit slow, for disk cleaning I recommend gdu if terminal based is not a problem. install with brew install gdu (assuming you have brew installed)

[matvada]

@Menchen thanks, installed Homebrew and gdu, freed about 50gb but speed and performances remains the same.

[Menchen]

@matvada Can you try Intel Power Gatget while system is "slow"?

[matvada]

@Menchen thanks for the advice, I'll try. After updating to Big Sur 11.6 the speed seems to have improved but I have encountered a problem: When the computer goes to sleep on restart the mouse and trackpad no longer work, or rather they move but do not allow you to click. At that point the restart must be forced and everything works again. Maybe it can help.

[stevezhengshiqi]

After updating to Big Sur 11.6 the speed seems to have improved but I have encountered a problem: When the computer goes to sleep on restart the mouse and trackpad no longer work, or rather they move but do not allow you to click.

Just want to make sure you are talking about internal trackpad right?

It's uncommon to have trackpad unresponsive. Would you mind doing a nvram reset(press space in boot picker and select reset nvram)? And make sure you use a clean copy of release v1.6.1.

If the problem still exists, try rolling back to an older version like v1.5.9. Report if trackpad still get unresponsive. We can extract logs and report to VoodooI2C team then.

[matvada]

@stevezhengshiqi both internal trackpad and Apple Magic Mouse. I'll try to reset the nvram.

Thank you