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. 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.

Hi @yongwei.wei9 If you’re still experiencing slowness on MacOS please check if you’re using the Intel or Apple Silicon version of Local. If you’re on an M series Mac you’ll want to get the Apple Silicon version installed to help resolve the slowness. [image] Local Slow on Mac Sup…

Thanks @Nick-B - that definitely fixed the issue!

Thank you! That was exactly it. I checked my versions and, sure enough, after the last update when everything started going so slowly, it was showing I was using the Intel version rather than the Silicon version.

Hi @dadradesign , Looks like Nick-B has linked to a solution to force MailPit to redownload . Worked for me, has it worked for you as well?

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Hi @chrishajer

For Mailpit specifically you might try the steps outlined here:

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