Local takes a minute to load (no add ons installed)

[nickc]

Hi, @bentalgad. This could happen if you’re running the Intel version of Local on Apple Silicon.

If you’re on Apple Silicon, try downloading and installing the Apple Silicon version of Local instead:

https://localwp.com/releases/

If you then see a message about “missing Mailpit” after changing to the Apple Silicon version, try the fix here:

MailPit not starting On OSX

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). 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 …