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Apr 23, 2020

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Why Teams is slowing down my Mac?

It's been a while since I've been having issues with my MacBook Pro 16" performance while using teams for example in a call or in a live event, and I can't even think of having the app open while edi...

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ChrisAnders1969
Sep 16, 2020
2 of my colleagues mine experienced warped MAC batteries (and cases) as a result of their machines overheating - caused by Teams. Indication is fan staying on for a long time (all day?) which cant be healthy. Im told the solution they found (probably through online search) was to change the setting in Teams to disable GPU hardware acceleration. Worked for me! KHartman

ChrisAnders1969

Copper Contributor

Sep 16, 2020

2 of my colleagues mine experienced warped MAC batteries (and cases) as a result of their machines overheating - caused by Teams. Indication is fan staying on for a long time (all day?) which cant be healthy. Im told the solution they found (probably through online search) was to change the setting in Teams to disable GPU hardware acceleration. Worked for me! KHartman

KHartman

Copper Contributor

Sep 16, 2020

Thanks ChrisAnders1969. I went ahead and changed my settings. Fingers crossed this helps!

sl8ed
Copper Contributor
Sep 25, 2020
ChrisAnders1969
Thanks for your input. This has been bugging me for ages. In my case I unchecked the box for "disable GPU hardware acceleration" and it transformed TEAMS immediately. Lag completely gone. Temperatures back to normal. CPU usage down from 100%+ to <5%!!!!!
One thing to mention is that I use an external monitor.
Thanks
- MrPeterson
  Copper Contributor
  Jan 11, 2021
  sl8ed
  
  Thank you. this fixed the issue I was having. MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)
  - brtbendele
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 26, 2022
    MrPeterson The petition that beppemar had us sign fixed it?
    
    It really just makes zero sense to me why my MPB always goes into Software decoding enabled when it has a Radeon video card... i mean what is a GPU for if not decoding some simple video!!!
- CharlieArellano
  Brass Contributor
  Sep 25, 2020
  sl8ed I use two external monitors! But the last two months everything has gone good, I have moved my hub and the power cord to the right and it has been a massive change in the performance, plus, have disabled CPU on Teams.
  
  Hope this helps, sl8ed!