Cortex Control taking all resources (Mac)

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This was provided over a year ago but hopefully still helpful:

Optimizing your macOS System for Music Production

Adjust your Energy Saving settings: Go to the Apple menu > System preferences > Energy saver. You will find several options that might affect the performance of your system: At “Turn display off after”, move the slider to “Never”. Disable “Automatic graphics switching”. Enable “Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off”. Disable “Put hard disks to sleep when possible”. Disable “Wake for network access”. Disable “Start up automatically after a power failure”. Disable…