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Hello everyone! A few days ago I’ve noticed lags and freezing while using the official app in macOS Big Sur. I have this problem only on the desktop app. In Google Chrome it works fine for me. For a better understanding, I attach 2 videos.


What I’ve done:



  • Reinstalled Figma App

  • Tried Figma Beta

  • Terminated all other apps except Figma

  • Disconnected the external monitor

  • Tried another network


Thanks!


P.S. MacBook Pro 16. macOS Big Sur 11.1.






Not really. Lately, I’m working on a document with 200k layers and it’s working fine. I was having problems when I had too many things on one page, but I try to split it as much as possible.


Have you tried to restart your laptop? I know that sometimes they tend to act weirdly when they’re put to sleep. l usually do a restart once a few weeks.


Some steps that you could try:

check how loaded is your RAM.

What other apps do you use? Maybe it’s the laptop itself, and not Figma.

When Figma acts weird I usually “Check for updates” → Reload all tabs.


Hope it helps.


Hey! Thanks for the answer.


I’ve already tried all the things you suggest 😦 RAM is ok, laptop restarted a few times, tabs were reloaded. Nothing helped. By the way, last week it worked great, the problem starts only this week.


I solved the problem.

Figma stopped to freeze when I turned on “automatic graphic switching” in settings - battery. Attach the screenshot


Thank you so much, I had files that would become abnormally laggy after a while and finally found the cause! Thanks!