Mac beachballs or lagging performance? AI photo scanning may be the reason Some users are experiencing beachballs or lagging performance on their Macs on macOS
Some Mac users are experiencing performance issues, including beachballing and lagging, on macOS Sonoma 14.5. The problem appears to be linked to Apple Intelligence's background photo scanning feature, which is also causing high battery consumption. This issue seems to affect users who have enabled certain AI features on their devices. AI
IMPACT Potential performance degradation for Mac users utilizing new AI features.