Performance on Intel Macs is declining

Hey @Benji_Greig1 - I’m wondering if you’re hitting some issues because of your file complexity. Just some questions to get more context:

Are you seeing this overall? Like across all files you work on, even new ones?

Is this slowness on both the desktop app and web browser?

When you notice this, are you working with multiple files at the same time? Do these files have a lot of components or large libraries?

Hey Kim, no I’m seeing this everywhere on files that were previously more performant.
Some files have quite a few components but they’re not epically large.

I’ve been working on this same machine and the same project files for a while without this much of a slowdown. I’ve also tried quitting everything except Figma with little change in behaviour.

Hence why I posted.

Understood! I understand it may have seem repetitive to ask, but I always want to cover my bases before providing suggestions.

It isn’t too uncommon to see performance issues reported, but they vary in cause. Some instances are large libraries/multiple components/complex prototyping. At times, this can be contributed to memory limits being hit.

Every individual browser has its own active memory limit. In general, we work on an active memory limit of 2GB per browser tab. Since Figma is built on browser-based technologies, these limitations apply even when you’re using Figma’s desktop app.

You mentioned “files that were previously more performant” – I do have to wonder if this may perhaps be part of the problem, since I assume these would have a lot of details that have collected over the course of the file’s life (but let me know if I have assumed incorrectly).

What I’d first recommend is reviewing the page we have on troubleshooting - specifically, the memory section.

Another thing I’d try is duplicating one of the problematic files, and seeing if the dupe misbehaves as well. If that turns out to be the case, I would be more suspicious of a memory issue.

If you don’t believe the suggestions above help, I’m happy to get you connected with the support team directly to review the files themselves. Just let me know if you’d like to do that.

Hey, I’m having the same issue.
I recently changed my mac to another intel-processor one (a very powerful one) and I continue facing this problem too.

Further more, when Figma is open, the mac is heating up even when the laptop is closed. Sometimes it drains the whole battery and it make the laptop burn. This is happening with both the computers.