Lagging UI on MacOs & Image Occlusion

[SJ-DPT]

Problem description

UTD Anki for MacOS. Image Occlusion suddenly became slow/glitchy in addition to the main page UI where it's beginning to take up large chunks of CPU on my MacPro M1. I have tried a few troubleshooting issues of restarting Anki, updating MacOS to the latest version, download and re-install Anki. This is the first time it has happened; I primarily use Anki for my medical notes with decks containing roughly 300 cards on average.

Please describe the issue concisely in here. In case of an error: Walk us through the steps you took to get there. What happened? What did you expect to happen?

Checklist

Please replace the space inside the brackets with an x if the following items apply:

• [x] I've restarted Anki to see if it helps
• [x] I've verified that I use the latest version of the add-on by redownloading it from AnkiWeb
• [x] I've verified that I use the latest version of Anki by checking at https://apps.ankiweb.net#download
• [x] I've tried to disable other add-ons to see if there are any interactions present
• [ ] My issue disappears when I hold shift while starting Anki.
• [x] I've checked if anyone else reported this problem before by looking through the issue reports. I also checked to see if there is a section about known issues in the add-on description, documentation, or README.

Information about your Anki set-up

Please open Anki, go to Help → About, click on "Copy Debug Info", and paste the result between the backticks below (if the button does not appear you are using an older version of Anki 2.1 and will need to update first):

    
    Anki 2.1.57 (6b7d372c) Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.3.2 PyQt 6.3.1
    Platform: macOS-13.2.1-arm64-arm-64bit
    Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
    Add-ons, last update check: 2023-02-13 17:29:57
    
    
    ===Add-ons (active)===
    (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
    Ankimote - remote to control Anki from your phone ['149004221', 2021-08-11T11:57, 'None', '']
    Extended Card Stats During Review ['1008566916', 2017-08-29T13:59, 'None', '']
    Image Occlusion Enhanced for Anki 21 ['1374772155', 2022-04-09T02:15, 'None', '']
    
    ===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===
    1008566916 1374772155 149004221
    
    ===Add-ons (inactive)===
    (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
    

Error message (if any)

If you've received an error message, please copy and paste it between the backticks below:

[glutanimate]

Hi there, thanks for the report. If Anki's deck list is affected, there's a good chance that you've run into an Anki bug that's unrelated to the add-on. My recommendation would be to disable all add-ons, use Anki for a bit and then see if the problem reoccurs. If it doesn't, I would try enabling all add-ons other than IOE and checking again. Finally, if the issue only occurs with IOE active, I would try to observe if there are any particular steps that trigger the performance issues. I.e.:

• Do they happen even if you haven't used IOE in a session, yet?
• Do they appear after using IOE to create new notes?
• etc.

[SJ-DPT]

Disable All Add-Ons

• Performance did not change, still experiencing lag with on UI menu and studying.

Enable All Add-Ons (3), IOE Disabled

• Performance did not change, still experiencing lag with on UI menu and studying.
• 3 Add-Ons: Review Heatmap, Ankimote, Extended Card Stats for Review

Triggers to Performance Issues

• I was adding cards to a deck of mine and suddenly the program became very sluggish and laggy. I saved my work and closed out of the program. Once re-opened, the issues remained the same.
• Clicking on decks & subdecks still cause roughly a :01sec delay in section highlight vs cursor location

Do they happen even if you haven't used IOE in a session yet?

• Yes it does unfortunately

Do they appear after using IOE to create new notes?

• Yes, IOE is significantly less "snappy" with use

Other

• I do not experience any issues outside of Anki in terms of performance, everything runs smoothly besides Anki after this issue has occurred
• I tried downgrading & quit to change Anki to 2.1.54

My Specs:

• M1 MacBook Pro 2021 // Ventura 13.2.1 // 16GB
• See URL below for a video clip as to what I am experiencing: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/111o71q/anki_lagging_image_occlusion_and_general_ui/

Not sure if this could help, but adding the debug information below:

Anki 2.1.54 (b6a7760c) Python 3.9.7 Qt 6.3.1 PyQt 6.3.1
Platform: Mac 13.2.1
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=3
Add-ons, last update check: 2023-02-14 07:55:58


===Add-ons (active)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
Ankimote - remote to control Anki from your phone ['149004221', 2021-08-11T11:57, 'None', '']
Extended Card Stats During Review ['1008566916', 2017-08-29T13:59, 'None', '']
Image Occlusion Enhanced for Anki 21 ['1374772155', 2022-04-09T02:15, 'None', '']
Review Heatmap ['1771074083', 2022-06-29T20:43, 'None', '']

===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===
1008566916 1374772155 149004221 1771074083

===Add-ons (inactive)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])

[SJ-DPT]

Update: I did an entire uninstall of Anki. Went back and did the Gt5 version (despite it being Intel for my MBP-M1). So far, there are no performance issues. It is apparent that this is a Gt6 issue from my understanding. I have attached an image regarding which Anki version I have installed in replacement of Gt6. I will leave this open for now if @glutanimate happens to notice anything or wants to refer to this later.

Best, SJ-DPT

[younkert]

Just experienced the same issue this evening on my M1. Followed your advice and my problem. I appreciate all your clean instructions. Cheers.