IDEA keeps freezing in Mac M1 after New UI update
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Common solutions
- How to troubleshoot IntelliJ IDE crash or freeze
- How to troubleshoot IntelliJ IDE slowness, high CPU or memory usage
Workarounds for version 2024.3
- Install version 2024.3.1 Preview (build 243.22562.13)
- Install the previous version 2024.2.4 of the IDE
Possible causes
- IJPL-171550 Searching, Find in Files, and code highlighting/navigation are slow or broken in 2024.3
- IDEA-363387 IDE freezes randomly for several seconds since update to 2024.3
- IDEA-363357 Spring: 10 sec freezes in Structure view
Version: Unknown (maybe 22.3) since i cant click inside the window. The "New UI" update
Platform: MacOS m1 apple chip
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Hernanzarzycki Please make sure you have macOS 14.x version. If the issue persists, file a bug at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/newIssue?project=IDEA with the thread dumps and the logs attached (Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data). See also https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544899.
Same problem and details below, currently unfeasible to work with IntelliJ.
Roko Pancirov
If it happens when using Go To dialog or other navigation, this issue may be the case: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6451/OS-freezes-when-using-Go-To-related-actions-after-upgrading-to-Sonoma.
If your issue is different, please file a new bug at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/newIssue?project=IDEA with the thread dumps attached per https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544899.
Same here. PyCharm freezes when adding a file in a plain Python project. The new file is not being displayed. After Force Quit and restart the new (blank) file appears. Also freezes when creating a new plain Python project and check the ‘Create main’ box. PyCharm 2023.3.3 on Macbook M1 Pro 2021 running 14.3.1
ej.huijbers Please report with the thread dumps, see the comment above for the instructions.
@Serge, New ticket with dumps created.
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-70609/PyCharm-Freezes-on-creation-of-new-file-in-new-plain-Python-project
Here Pycharm has become useless for full-text searches, it basically always freezes at this point
Using absolutely latest version btw: Build #PC-233.14475.56, built on February 26, 2024
BTW: I reset the whole IDE again and thru all the steps including recreating the index, and it temporarily works again, but I did it already in the past, and it keeps coming back.
UPDATE: it comes back after less than one hour of usage, which makes the IDE unusable now.
Maciej Niemczyk Please report at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/newIssue?project=IDEA with the logs (Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data) and the thread dumps attached: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544899.
Done: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-347602/Find-in-Files-brakes-PyCharm-Build-PC-233.14475.56-built-on-February-26-2024-on-M1
actually, the suggestion I got in the issue tracker to disable this pesky plugin, did help in my case 👏

Glad to help!
I fixed the problem by just uninstalling and installing intellij again, I don't know way, I was in the last version but the UI was different before the re-install.
Same issue in GoLand 2024.1 and WebStorm 2024.1 on Mac M1
Possibly started after upgrading MacOS to 14.4.1 - or possibly after upgrading JetBrains IDEs - I'm not sure, upgraded both around the same time
There is a freeze every few minutes, for about 10 seconds
Android Studio Iguana does not seem affected
Kostya Vasilyev Please report at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/newIssue?project=IDEA and attach the logs/thread dumps via Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data. See also https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544899.
Serge Baranov - created https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-352026 with logs which include thread dumps
I'm experiencing this issue too.
with Mac M1 as well.
What IDE version do you use? If you use the latest release - please create new report on YouTrack attaching logs and threaddumps for investigation.
Yes, i'm using the latest version(WebStorm 2024.1.5).
WebStorm 2024.1.5
Build #WS-241.18034.50, built on June 19, 2024
Licensed to …
You have a perpetual fallback license for this version.
Subscription is active until May 31, 2025.
Runtime version: 17.0.11+1-b1207.24 aarch64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
macOS 14.5
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 2048M
Cores: 8
Metal Rendering is ON
Registry:
ide.tooltip.initialDelay.highlighter=0
actionSystem.fix.alt.gr=false
search.everywhere.settings=true
ide.mac.bigsur.window.with.tabs.enabled=false
Non-Bundled Plugins:
com.jetbrains.space (241.18034.4)
A move tab left and right using the keyboard plugin - by momomo.com (12.550)
The ides keep freezing. How can I get thread dump and logs for webstorm and other jetbrains products?
I would like to share that the problem only occur when my machine sleeps. So, I finish my work in one day and keeps the IDE opened. In the next day, I wake up and the IDE is freez.
See https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544899 for the details. Use jstack. IDE may also record automatic thread dumps when it's frozen. You can find them in the Logs directory: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/directories-used-by-the-ide-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs.html#logs-directory . You can use Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data to collect all the logs and automatic thread dumps in addition to jstack.
Same issue in version 2024.2.2, freezes every day multiple times and loses a bunch of progress for me. As described in another comment, when I force-quit and re-open it opens a bunch of super outdated windows. Updating to 2024.3 to see if that helps
Edit: yup definitely still happening. I keep losing all my settings