Macbook Air M1 Issue

[cakelover]

Hi all just brought my first Macbook but noticed when trying to open some apps they take over 30 seconds to open (Sky go for example) is that the normal or is something wrong with the Macbook?

 

[VaderDSL]

If it's not made for Apple Silicon, the first opening will take a while. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/12/rosetta-2-translation-can-take-20-seconds/

might be this?

 

[cakelover]

Ah. as apple chips are new will things get better in time as developers change to silicon chips?

Thanks for the help

 

[VaderDSL]

Ah. as apple chips are new will things get better in time as developers change to silicon chips?

Indeed, once/if they release a native app it'll be much faster to open.

 

[chef-borjan]

Just to be clear, the long time to load is only for the first boot of the app. Afterwards, subsequent opens will be faster. It's doing some conversion to make it compatible with your M1 chip.

 

[cakelover]

Hi the app takes ages to load everytime I open it upon a fresh reboot

 

[Reuben klang]

Hi the app takes ages to load everytime I open it upon a fresh reboot

Why are you rebooting it?

 

[cakelover]

sorry its my first MAC. I have always been a windows guy and use to shutting down after use.

 

[Feek]

I wouldn't expect it to recompile via Rosetta after each reboot but even so, just close the lid when you're not using it. macOS sleep and wake is superb.
And btw, it's just Mac, not MAC. No need to capitalise it.

 

[chef-borjan]

Yes, just close the lid. It’s always been decent but with these M1 MacBook, the waking from sleep is ridiculously snappy. There is no need to shut it down to do ‘housekeeping’.

 

[ElliorR]

I must admit I shut mine down last night as it's what I've always done with PC's.

 

[clv101]

My MacBooks regularly go weeks between reboots, record was over 100 days of daily use.

 

[Spit]

Yeah never reboot.

 

[cakelover]

hopefully the the intel based apps will get faster loading in time

 

[Reuben klang]

My MacBooks regularly go weeks between reboots, record was over 100 days of daily use.

Mine only ever gets reboot when there is an OS update or an update that requires it.

 

[CEUOTC]

Aye, non native apps will take a little longer to run up via Rossetta 2, however native apps will run well. To be honest, compared to my MBA 2017 and 2020 i3, the M1 base model MBA is lightening fast and is spoiling me compared to my R7 3700X GTX 1080Ti gaming system when it comes to how quick apps open and run. (gaming aside)