Teams is KILLING my Mac Every Day

shilocase 

Hey everyone,

So sorry to see you all having the same issues I'm having.

It's still going berserk when using the app but have a few tips that might make you live a bit easier, especially for your macbook.

- don't turn on your camera, this seems to save quite some CPU usage. Preferred if everyone else keeps their cameras turned off as well.

- of course try to limit other processes, but as I work with online data I rely heavily on Chrome making that near impossible and the need to share screen often.

- What works best though. Use the web-app on Chrome. With this it seems that I can manage the best and even the fan sometimes doesn't make any noice at all. I think this is the case since it was built on a Chrome platform.
some cons with this approach though:
  Background noice isn't reduced/filtered anymore

  You're not able to use background filters for your camera, which is a nuisance since I work in my     makeshift office/closet

 When sharing screen, you're not able to also have your camera on (I wonder why... but don't mind so much)

I think it's less practical having it somewhere in a tab/window compared to just switching to a designated app

Have also tried this on Safari, for this you need to disable "prevent cross-site tracking" in privacy settings, otherwise it doesn't run. Funny enough, it does say on the page that downloading the app will provide a better experience, yeah right.

All in all, wouldn't recommend this as it seems to be just as bad using the app. At least Safari has the courtesy to notify me that the page is consuming a lot of energy and that closing this tab makes you Macbook more responsive, lol.

Cheers and hope an update will soon fix our troubles.