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Can you detail your full specs of your current machine? you should be able to handle those tasks. Do you have a dedicated graphics card? SSD?

Have you checked activity monitor to see what the biggest culprit is?

[I now have M1 max, 64gb 14 inch - and don't have any issues. But previously I had Intel i7 mac, 13inch, 16gb ram - no dedicated graphics card and I never had issues with development, i upgraded for video editing]

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Full specs:

2.3 GHz 8-core Intel i9

Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536MB

64 GB 2667 MHZ DDR4

1 TB HDD

16 Inch Monitor

Currently running macOS Sonoma

That is a very capable machine and should not be having issues. I suggest trying some of the tips others have suggested here before purchasing a new machine.

1. Remove the bottom panel and clean the fans. Here is a guide to remove the lower panel. Then take a look at the small gap between the fans and the heatsink fins. I suspect there is dust clogging the heatsink fins.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+16-Inch+2019+Lower+...

2. Reset the SMC. Follow the steps here. You would use the steps for "Laptop Computer with T2 Chip" https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

Thank you! Will redo the cleaning steps. I did not used the guide so maybe I missed something.

I did not yet reset the SMC! Hope this will work well!

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