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.…

@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: [Local Info]

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…

Came looking for information about the issue and found this thread. Can confirm mine is also painfully slow when opening the program, opening a site, or trying to navigate anything in the interface. I have just three sites and this is a recent change. Local Version 9.2.4+6788 MacBook Air M2 2022 m…

Hi @chrishajer Have you checked if you’re running the Intel version instead of Apple Silicon?

Hi @Nick-B - I am running the Apple Silicon version. To be sure, I reinstalled local-9.2.4-mac-arm64.dmg and - It’s faster now :open_mouth: But, none of the sites had a PHP version. And there was a message something like “Don’t worry. We’ll reinstall it next time you start your site.” And that see…

Hi @chrishajer For Mailpit specifically you might try the steps outlined here: [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 bina…

Since upgrading to the latest version, the local usage speed of mac computers has obviously become very slow.

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