Video lagging on MB Air 2017 Monterey 12.7.6

Hello.


I have an issue with my old MacBook Air 2017 running macOS Monterey in version 12.7.6. Every video I try to run lags almost like a slide show - there is nothing wrong with a sound of videos. This lagging problem occurs in online videos and even with videos in my gallery. Tried different browsers and video apps and tried re-installing macOS but I'm not sure if I did it correctly - lagging still persist.


Thank you for your help.




MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Feb 23, 2025 10:52 AM

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Feb 24, 2025 1:36 AM in response to kamil209

disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0128G 121.33 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) 


Free: 87.31 GB


Available: 94.53 GB


Time since boot: About 58 days


You may consider shutting down the computer more often.


This may allow the Operating System to release both the Used RAM and also perform some behind the scenes maintainace routines  


From another contributor @etresoft regarding Free Space and Available Space 


Free vs available disk space huge differe… - Apple Community


Quote >>  “ The "available" storage is the amount of used storage that the operating system could automatically delete if it felt that it was really necessary. The "free" storage is the amount that you can actually use for something.


There are system processes that run in the background and automatically delete some of the "available" storage and convert it to "free". If you completely run out of storage, then those system processes will try a little harder. When you "delete" files you are just hinting to the operating system that you don't need those files anymore. The operating system will eventually remove them, but on its own schedule.


Certain tools will allow you to force the issue and manually clean up some of this storage and manually delete local snapshots. But that is only temporary. "  << End Quote 

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Video lagging on MB Air 2017 Monterey 12.7.6

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