# Local Slow on Mac

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/local-slow-on-mac/49784>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-slow-on-mac/49784 "2025-04-22T18:59:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-slow-on-mac/49784/49 "2025-05-12T14:09:10Z")

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Hi @chrishajer

For Mailpit specifically you might try the steps outlined here:

> [@MailPit not starting On OSX](https://community.localwp.com/t/mailpit-not-starting-on-osx/41889/6):
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> 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 (steps below assume macOS, Windows users reading this should [follow these instructions instead](https://community.localwp.com/t/missing-mailpit/41815/4)). Stop any running sites. Quit Local. Open the Finder and choose Go → Go To Folder… Enter ~/Library/Application Support/Local/lightning-services and press Enter. Delete the folder named ‘mailpit-1.12.1+0’, but leave the Finder window open. Make sure …

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