{"id":1148,"date":"2025-03-25T18:10:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maximilien-charlier.be\/blog\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:39:32","slug":"make-silhouette-studio-run-faster-on-mac-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maximilien-charlier.be\/blog\/2025\/03\/25\/make-silhouette-studio-run-faster-on-mac-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Silhouette Studio run faster on Mac OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"315\">I recently started using a Silhouette Portrait 4 cutter at work.<br data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"135\">This cutter allows me to cut vinyl, stickers, and magnets, but the software (Silhouette Studio) was unusable on my Mac (MacBook Pro M1 Max) because it was freezing and very slow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"479\">Disabling the <strong data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"361\">anti-aliasing<\/strong> feature in Silhouette Studio have significantly improve the performance of the software.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"495\"><strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"493\">Steps to Disable Anti-Aliasing in Silhouette Studio:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n    <li data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"540\"><strong data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"525\">Open Silhouette Studio<\/strong> on your Mac.<\/li>\n    <li data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"632\">Click on the <strong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"570\">gear icon<\/strong> (\u2699\ufe0f) in the <strong data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"605\">bottom-left corner<\/strong> to open <strong data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"629\">Preferences<\/strong>.<\/li>\n    <li data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"672\">Navigate to the <strong data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"665\">&#8220;Display&#8221;<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n    <li data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"740\">Find the option for <strong data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"713\">Anti-Aliasing<\/strong> and set it to <strong data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"737\">&#8220;Off&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n    <li data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"807\"><strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"773\">Restart Silhouette Studio<\/strong> for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1149\" style=\"width: 93px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1149\" width=\"83\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/maximilien-charlier.be\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-25-at-09.19.31.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure> gear icon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1150\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1150\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/maximilien-charlier.be\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-25-at-09.21.24-300x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-300x274 size-300x274\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure> Anti-aliasing is set to &#8220;Off&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"961\">After disabling anti-aliasing, the software should feel <strong data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"946\">faster, more responsive, and no longer freeze<\/strong> on your Mac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1020\">Hope this helps!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to make Silhouette Studio run smoothly on MacOS by disabling anti-aliasing feature. 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