matlab process is too slow

my laptop specs is kindly high 8GB Ram core i7 Nvidia 840m but matlab commands is slow for example i did 5+5 that took 7 minute to get the answer ps : Solidworks and some High games are working perfectly

[Image Analyst]

You have not asked a question, but I will. What is "5+5"? If you have code you want people to test/time, post it.

[Mahmoud Wagdy]

i mean why it's too slow

Answer 1

[Andrew Wingard]

I had a similar problem on my mac, this was ultimately related to an app called Magnet I purchased through the app store. If you are running magnet, I suggest uninstalling the application and running matlab.

[Daniel Ayoub]

This worked really well for me. Instead of uninstalling, you can pause Magnet so that it doesn't work with Matlab.

[Lauren Saue-Fletcher]

You can also tell magnet to ignore matlab if you have matlab open and press on magnet in the top bar. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! this will have solved hours of future fustration

[Christine Hill]

I just had the same problem and can't believe how much faster Matlab runs when Magnet is closed.

[Suryansh Anand]

How to disable MagNet on windows?

[Image Analyst]

Hit the Windows key, then type uinstall. Open the control panel applet and find MagNet in the list and uninstall it. It's probably just like uninstalling any other app you're used it and have done many times before. So you've probably already tried that. If it left behind "litter" (files or folders it did not remove) then manually delete it or contact the publisher of MagNet.

[Paul Kaufmann]

Wow, I can't believe how much this impacted the responsiveness of Matlab on my M1 Mac.

Before, it was basically unusable, because any input took like 1sec to register with the app; now it's more or less instant. It still is noticably slower than any input in a "native" Mac app (it's all Java, after all), but still: disabling Magnet was a huge improvement.

Thanks for the tip!

[Lauren Taylor]

This worked for me as well!

Answer 2

[Cam Salzberger]

Hello Mahmoud,

Does this running of 5+5 take a long time just once, then MATLAB is sufficiently fast for the rest of the session? If so, are you making sure to wait until MATLAB is done "Initializing" before you enter code or try to do anything?

If MATLAB is slow every time you enter a command to run during a session, then it could be that MATLAB is having trouble finding your license, or is otherwise slow during your license check. Try out "Solution 1" in the answer here. Despite being for an older version of MATLAB, the specification of the license file with "-c" is still applicable, though the license file itself may have changed depending on your version (.lic now, I believe).

"Solution 2b" in that article is good to check too.

Depending on your version of Windows (I'm assuming Windows here), it's also worth checking out if compatibility mode can help (as mentioned here).

If all that still isn't doing it, can you give us which MATLAB release you have installed, which OS you are using, and if this is a new problem with an old installation, or if MATLAB has always been this way on this machine?

-Cam

[Cam Salzberger]

Hey Mahmoud,

Since it's a slow initialization issue, I'll definitely recommend looking into scheduling the MATLAB Startup Accelerator if you're on a Windows machine. This will preload a lot of the material before you try to launch MATLAB, so when you actually launch it, it will start faster. The performance should be comparable to when you close MATLAB, and then start it up again soon after.

If that doesn't do the trick, I'd suggest looking to see if you have a "startup.m" file on the MATLAB path:

which -all startup

If you have a script that's running a lot of commands, or any commands that run slowly, this will slow down initialization time.

There are a few other tips here as well.

For more diagnostic information, you can start MATLAB from Command Prompt (Windows) or a terminal (Unix) with the -timing startup flag:

matlab -timing

Or the -timing+ flag on Unix systems for earlier releases of MATLAB.

This will tell you the breakdown of how the startup time is being spent. If you can't see anything yourself, contacting tech support with the timing details should help you get an answer faster.

-Cam

Answer 3

[Mahmoud Wagdy]

Hello Cam, i found that matlab was Initializing but it takes long time like 15 min but after all commands works good

Answer 4

[Andrew Wingard]

Does anyone know how to solve this same problem but with a MacBook? The solutions online all assume a windows machine.

[Rik]

Please only use the answer field for answers. You should either post this as a comment, or as a separate question (in which case you should link to this question).

To reply to your question: I have hardly ever worked with Mac, so I would have to Google it as well.

[Andrew Wingard]

Thank you for the response, its my first time asking a question. I have added a new question but for MacBooks under the link below.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/426331-matlab-slow-initiating-any-command-including-just-clicking-on-mac