Obsidian 1.9.10+ is slower / lags / choppy - Electron 37

Bug reports
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We got a few reports that Obsidian 1.9.10+ with installer 1.9.10 is slower / lags.

We are monitoring this issue. We believe there is certainty something on MacOS caused by the electron update and perhaps related to GPU acceleration.

If you encounter this bug, it would be helpful to know when exactly it happens and if it does in the sandbox vault.

Does disabling hardware acceleration help (Settings>Appearance>Advanced)?

Please provides us the output of “show debug info” and your computer specs. Thanks.

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I’m experiencing the described slowdown.

When?
Opening the Quick Switcher (cmd+O) and opening the Command Palette (cmd+P).
Subsequent openings are snappy, but waiting a while and using the quick switcher will once again be slow.

Hardware Acceleration
Disabling hardware acceleration seems to completely resolve the issue for me.

Sandbox Vault
Still slow with hardware acceleration enabled.

Debug Info

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.9.12
	Installer version: v1.9.12
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:40 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 24.6.0
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: insider
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: light
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 1
	Restricted mode: off
	Plugins installed: 2
	Plugins enabled: 2
		1: Minimal Theme Settings v8.1.1
		2: Style Settings v1.0.9

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
	Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.