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CharlieArellano
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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 

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John_Cunliffe
Copper Contributor
Aug 17, 2022

So, I have suffered from the same, and found a solution, that comes with a price tag, since I had to buy a EGPU, but I also don't have a discrete GPU in my MAC.

To make a long story short, you need to
* leave GPU acceleration turned on
* disable logging and effects
* turn on GPU preference on the teams application - or any application running on your external monitor really (manually via ctrl+shift i in finder, or using https://github.com/mayankk2308/set-egpu)
* now for the fun part: I absolutely have to start my mac (from sleep or cold, doesn't matter) without power (and monitor, not sure about that part) plugged in.

This way Teams works nicely not only on the In-Built display, but also on my 39" + 27" Eizos on top - obviously after I plug them in together with power later.

Hope this helps. And if Microsoft is reading this, I am happy to give you some help on this issue, which now I can reproduce and seriously killed my patience before.

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