# FMOD Studio being slow and taking minutes to do nearly any action **URL:** \ **Category:** FMOD Studio\ **Tags:** mac\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184 "2025-07-21T23:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madhavraghu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@madhavraghu](https://qa.fmod.com/u/madhavraghu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/1 "2025-07-21T23:27:35Z")
Hello, I am using the latest FMOD Studio version, 2.03.08, on mac. Most actions in FMOD cause the program to become unresponsive for around a minute or more while the cursor pinwheel spins. For example, I create a new event, and it takes 2 minutes, and during that 2 minutes FMOD is unresponsive. Then, I try to rename the event and it takes another minute to do so. This happens in a new project, even with no assets. Uploading assets takes a minute; creating a sheet takes a minute; even simply saving the project takes a minute. Additionally, I tried using 2.02.29, and I still had the same issue. I couldn’t find anyone else with the same issue online, so I am posting this here to hopefully get some help. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![li\_fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/li_fmod/32/6577_2.png) [@li\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/li_fmod)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/2 "2025-07-24T06:38:53Z")
Hi, Thank you for sharing the information and version number! > [@madhavraghu](#): > > I am using the latest FMOD Studio version, 2.03.08, on mac. Most actions in FMOD cause the program to become unresponsive for around a minute or more while the cursor pinwheel spins. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to reproduce the issue on my end. Could I please grab a bit more info about your Mac? Specifically: - Your macOS version - Whether you’re using an Intel or Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Mac In the meantime, I did come across a similar case that might be relevant. Some users have reported sluggish performance on macOS being temporarily resolved by enabling **“Low Resolution Mode”** for FMOD Studio via Finder. You can find the suggestion here: [FMOD Studio 2.00.07 being very laggy on iMac 2017 27" 4K - #10 by mrmiller](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-2-00-07-being-very-laggy-on-imac-2017-27-4k/15572/10) Could you please give that a try to see if the issue persists? ---
**Author:** ![madhavraghu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@madhavraghu](https://qa.fmod.com/u/madhavraghu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/3 "2025-07-25T06:38:48Z")
I am using macOS Sonoma 14.6 on an Apple Silicon (M2) Mac. There is no option to open FMOD Studio in “Low Resolution Mode.” I also tried manually editing the Info.plist in the app contents. I changed “\NSHighResolutionCapable\ \True\” to “\NSHighResolutionCapable\ \False\”, but it did not resolve the issue. I also tried simply adding “\” after the “\NSHighResolutionCapable\”, but that did not work either. ---
**Author:** ![li\_fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/li_fmod/32/6577_2.png) [@li\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/li_fmod)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/4 "2025-07-30T03:00:26Z")
Thank you for the update and for trying those steps! I’m still unable to reproduce the issue on my end. Would it be possible for you to share a short video demonstrating the issue, along with logs from **Window \> Console \> Logging** with **Verbose Logging** enabled? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/b/be6e3f6be68e6a4efa51556ac4b0ee96352079be.png) ---
**Author:** ![madhavraghu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@madhavraghu](https://qa.fmod.com/u/madhavraghu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/5 "2025-07-30T19:43:55Z")
Sure. I am unable to upload attachments to the forum since I am a new member, so I have directly messaged you with those attachments. ---
**Author:** ![madhavraghu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@madhavraghu](https://qa.fmod.com/u/madhavraghu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/6 "2025-07-31T00:01:52Z")
Okay, after looking at the logs, I found someone else with the same issue here: [Bug Report: Inability to run PAC script at "http://wpad/wpad.dat" stalls FMOD Studio on macOS](https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-report-inability-to-run-pac-script-at-http-wpad-wpad-dat-stalls-fmod-studio-on-macos/18259) The `Execution of PAC script at “http://wpad.wpad.dat”` kept failing, but the workaround of turning off internet described in that thread also worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![li\_fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/li_fmod/32/6577_2.png) [@li\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/li_fmod)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-studio-being-slow-and-taking-minutes-to-do-nearly-any-action/23184/7 "2025-07-31T00:43:28Z")
Thank you for sharing the solution here! Yes, this issue is still on our backlog, I’ll go ahead and give it a bump.