Topic: 3.4.3 is very sluggish

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Replied February 22, 2026 at 07:06 #3521998

Red Gear Music
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I don’t think the issue is with SD3 but more so Logic (assuming you are using this) and MacOS Tahoe (based off your system specs in your signature). There is this post kinda talking about that. . .

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Replied February 22, 2026 at 13:05 #3522049

drumjack52
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Not seeing it on my ancient system.

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Replied February 23, 2026 at 09:19 #3522301

BlueMistral
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All good her on MacBook Pro m4 and SD3 3.4.3

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Replied February 24, 2026 at 10:43 #3522599

Petter Adsten
Moderator

If I’m guessing correctly, this is a bug in macOS/Apple’s software building tools that we have reported to Apple. The bug is that mouse clicks in some scenarios will not fire until you move your mouse.

I would recommend that you contact Apple’s support directly about this, too. And please let our support know if Apple needs any additional information.

In my tests on an Intel mac, a workaround has been to use Logic 11. Some tests have indicated that running Logic 12 in Rosetta mode on Apple Silicon macs has been a workaround, too. (Right-click Logic.app > Get Info > Open using Rosetta)

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Replied February 25, 2026 at 05:32 #3522823
Red Gear Music
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I can confirm, running Logic 12.0.1 in Rosetta resolves all the issues I have been seeing with MacOS Tahoe. This includes:
- Mouse lag or selecting items in menus automatically
- Being able to detach the mixer window
- Slow typing when saving a preset
The one big downside to running in Rosetta mode is the Logic Stem Splitter will not function, so for me, I will continue to use it in Silicon mode and jsut deal with the issues. Let’s hope Apple can fix this.

Is there anyway for Toontrack engineers to inform the Apple engineers of these problems? Because you know when we do this with support, they will pass the blame to Toontrack saying it’s a them problem, and around and around we go. Here’s to hoping it can eventually get resolved.

Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)
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- This post was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Red Gear Music.
Replied February 25, 2026 at 08:49 #3522835

Petter Adsten
Moderator

Red Gear Music wrote:

Being able to detach the mixer window Slow typing when saving a preset

Hmm, not sure that we had seen this problem before.

Are you clicking the detach button in the Mixer tab or are you using the detach menu under View? And in any case, does it work if you click the button, then move the mouse slightly?

I will forward the issue with slow typing when saving user presets to our programmers, I had not seen that before but I can indeed reproduce it here on my end in Logic 12. Seems likely that it has the same root cause, but we’ll double check.

The mouse click bug has been reported to Apple by our programmers.

Petter Adsten - Toontrack
Support & Betatesting

Replied February 25, 2026 at 16:04 #3522927

Red Gear Music
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Petter, the detach mixer tab from the View menu does work, although it still has that weird mouse menu lag. But clicking the detach icon on the mixer tab does not detach UNLESS I expand the Logic plugin header button in the upper right corner (I normally keep it collapsed for more visual space). I posted about this previously. I feel better knowing someone at Toontrack has reported this off to Apple and was able to validate my issues. 🤣

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Replied February 26, 2026 at 08:42 #3523100

Petter Adsten
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Okay, yes I have been able to confirm that the slow typing bug has the same root cause.

The Mixer tab detach button not responding when the window header is collapsed seems to depend on the length of the channel name (and the text in the top of the Logic Plug-In window). If I use the default name (Inst 1) there are no issues, but if I change it to something longer, the Mixer detach button is no longer clickable. Seems like a different bug/issue. I’ll report it to our devs to see if there is anything we can do to fix that.

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Support & Betatesting

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Replied March 23, 2026 at 06:19 #3532198

Red Gear Music
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Petter Adsten wrote:

Okay, yes I have been able to confirm that the slow typing bug has the same root cause.

The Mixer tab detach button not responding when the window header is collapsed seems to depend on the length of the channel name (and the text in the top of the Logic Plug-In window). If I use the default name (Inst 1) there are no issues, but if I change it to something longer, the Mixer detach button is no longer clickable. Seems like a different bug/issue. I’ll report it to our devs to see if there is anything we can do to fix that.

@Petter Adsten, since you were able to see the issues I and some other users were experiencing, do you mind posting an update in this thread if Apple support fixes the issues? I have since went back to Sequoia, because I just couldn’t deal with it anymore. So far everything is back running smooth as butter on my M1 Mac Mini.

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Replied March 23, 2026 at 10:02 #3532312

Petter Adsten
Moderator

Red Gear Music wrote:

do you mind posting an update in this thread if Apple support fixes the issues?

Yes, I’m keeping a close eye on this issue, unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be any different in the next macOS update. We are experimenting to find a workaround in our code in the meantime.

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Replied 2 weeks ago #3534499

Red Gear Music
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I noticed in this recent update 3.4.4, it specifically addresses the menu issues. Is this working well for others on Tahoe?

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Replied 1 week, 6 days ago #3534533

myron
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I updated to 3.4.4 and noticed the improvement immediately

M4 Mac Mini • 24GB RAM • OSX 26.3 • UA Quad • Logic 12.0.1 • Kontakt 7 • Superior 3.4.3

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Replied 1 week, 2 days ago #3536489

Petter Adsten
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Yes – haven’t heard of any change/fix in macOS or Logic, but we were able to work around the problem in 3.4.4.

Petter Adsten - Toontrack
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3.4.3 is very sluggish

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