Contacts is SUPER slow

My Contacts application is super slow. I am often staring at the pinwheel for minutes on end when doing simple name searches. Does anybody know how to fix this issue?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 10, 2023 12:31 PM

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Mar 10, 2023 02:11 PM in response to ElPelicano

Start with this...


Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


Thanks to Jack-19…

It may be wise to run SMART Utility to check the drives' health. 


If still no clues...


We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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Contacts is SUPER slow

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