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Is Deezer app optimised for macOS on M1 (silicon) chip? Has relatively high CPU usage.

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
May 23, 2022
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My computer becomes noticeably slower when Deezer is running. It’s most noticeable when there’s already a fair amount of other apps running.

This is on a MacBook Air M1 computer.

Whilst the CPU usage isn’t anything extreme, it does often sit at around 12% for “Deezer Helper (Renderer)” is simply playing music in the background.

What is concerning is that when actively engaging with the app, CPU for that process readily jumps up to 40% +.

That seems high to me … for activities that I would think are fairly lite weight. I get less CPU usage from massive applications like Adobe apps, etc.

Here’s some examples:

After clicking on Explore

After clicking on Albums

After clicking on “Music”

After clicking on an Artists name, and brining up that artist’s page

Is this something Deezer developers are aware of?

Is Deezer optimised for M1 / silicon chips?

Thanks,

Jonathan

Best answer by Leonídia.Deezer

Hi @felipebruni! Great news!

Our developers have confirmed that Apple Silicon is now supported in the latest release, version 7.0.1.

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Leonídia.Deezer

Community Manager

Hello @petertorok @iamironzz, I understand your disappointed, and Deezer truly appreciate your feedback.

I understand your concerns about the Deezer app on macOS, regarding its optimization for the M chips.

While it’s taking time, we are genuinely making progress on updating the desktop app technically, which will solve many issues.

At this point we can’t yet say when those improvements will be launched but when big news arrive we will share the good news in the Community.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

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felipebruni

Roadie

It's 2025 and Deezer devs continue to ignore Apple Silicon users

Leonídia.Deezer

Community Manager

Hi @felipebruni! Thanks for letting us know!

I'll make sure to pass your feedback along to the team so they can check it out.

Leonídia.DeezerAnswer

Community Manager

Hi @felipebruni! Great news!

Our developers have confirmed that Apple Silicon is now supported in the latest release, version 7.0.1.

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felipebruni

Roadie

Hi @felipebruni! Great news!

Our developers have confirmed that Apple Silicon is now supported in the latest release, version 7.0.1.

Yay! Finally!

Thanks :)

jirikovoego

Hitmaker

Hi @felipebruni! Great news!

Our developers have confirmed that Apple Silicon is now supported in the latest release, version 7.0.1.

Great news. Is it for Mac’s M CPUs only, or Windows on ARM is supported as well?

archaic_email

Hitmaker

Amazing news. for those who need to update for mac you must remove version 6 and re-install it from the deezer app page.

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Mikauto11

Guitar Hero

Finally, thank you for finally solving this.

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petertorok

Roadie

Good news, but too late for me.

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andsav

Guitar Hero

Amazing news. for those who need to update for mac you must remove version 6 and re-install it from the deezer app page.

Probably the next ask will be to make the app available in the App Store. I don’t like installing apps from websites, not to say that they are unsandboxed, which creates security concerns.

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