![]() I think while it's copying, Mojave may be attempting to defrag the source file at the same time. However, some files may be fragmented, some substantially so chasing down those fragments takes a while. I believe Mojave, when it begins copying a file, does what you'd expect it to do: It reads data, then writes it. Likely cause of the laggy/slow/frozen Mojave error The only evidence the user has of any problem is the increasing lack of system responsiveness, culminating by a freeze in all UI elements, which eventually clears after the copy/zip operation aborts. In this case, for me, I get no error message simply an empty and nondismissable window where once there was a progress bar:Īctivity Monitor never indicates there is a runaway process. ![]() Compression begins, but at some point in the process, it lags and halts, while the Mac slows, then freezes. Attempt to compress a corrupted file, using the "Compress" command from the popup menu (right/ctrl-click the file). Eventually, Finder throws a (-36) error, and normal system operation resumes, after a delay.Ģ. The copy op lags, then halts, while the Mac slows, then freezes. I've been able to reliably and consistently bog, then freeze, my Mac by two separate user-initiated methods:ġ. Reliably reproducing an error is a major step in finding the cause, and addressing it. Tl dr: Leave your system plugged in and powered on to your user desktop for a weekend. ![]() Here's what I've discovered, and some ways you might work around it. Briefly, if you're reading this, it's because your Mojave install keeps freezing all the time, and you've come here to find out why, and what you can do about it. The full description of symptoms is there, including attempted fixes and workarounds. This is a followup to my post from here:įrequent system hangs and freezes in macOS Mojave 10.14: Notes, reproducible errors, and possible workarounds ![]()
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