For a few weeks now Local (9.2.4+6788) has been very, very slow on Mac (Sequoia 15.4.1). Simple tasks like Local/About takes about 15s to open, or even scrolling the sites list. After reading similar stories in the forums I’ve tried a few things (wifi off/on, AirPlay off) with no change. It is oper…

[image] whoisandywhite: Local’s router spins up its own Nginx and is now on 1.26.1+, which no longer allows the old one-line http2 syntax. You can patch it yourself: Just noting for anyone reading that this was fixed in Local 9.2.6, it is no longer required. https://localwp.com/releases/9.2.…

I had the same issue after updating through the app - ( the in app prompt). I just manually updated and everything is good. Apple Silicone. M1. When starting up for the first time - I got a notice: [image] There’s something in this thread about manually updating nginx as well. I’m now getting …

For me it all works but with the latest update in particular it’s almost unusable. Forever to launch and then another minute+ for all the sites to show up. And they’re not responsive at all for another few minutes. Nothing is broken for me… but it’s pretty painful.

@byniko Can you check if the steps here help to resolve this? [image] MailPit not starting On OSX Archived Support Thanks for sharing your sites.json, @sebastian . It looks correct to me. One thing you can try is to force Local to recopy the mailpit binary on startup (st…

Thanks. Deleting that folder worked. I don’t think I’m running the Intel version. I definitely downloaded the Apple Silicone version and it’s running super fast now.

9.2.4 is SOOO slow on my macOS. Every piece of the experience including simply clicking the menu Local > About Local takes about 8-10 seconds. Using Apple Silicon chip.

FYI I made a loom of launching Local, starting a site, and logging in to it. Almost 2 minutes from launching Local to getting into wp-admin. This is on a MacBook Air M2 w/ 16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive (about 70% full) and no other apps running other than the Stopwatch. Stopwatch - 9 May 2025 | Loom

Confirming the same here. Apple Silicone version is running quickly. Just download the app manually ( Releases - Local ) and install it over the old version (copying to Applications folder).

Confirming the same here for Apple M2 Silcon running Ventura. LocalWP was originally installed as the Silicon application, that updated itself from Silicon to Intel version of the LocalWP application when the applications “Local” → “Check for Updates” menu option was used. [Done] Downloaded and in…

I had the same issue. Painfully sluggish after updating to 9.2.4+6788. Discovered I was running the Intel version on my Silicone Mac. Downloaded the Silicone version and installed it over the Intel version. Some self-repair downloads were needed, as @johnlang86 mentioned, and after that everythi…

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nickc May 9, 2025, 4:54pm 39

@k-jax Are you using Local Intel or Local Apple Silicon? If using Intel, you’ll need to switch to the Apple Silicon version: Releases - Local

You can use Get Info on the Local app to find out:

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