# Slicer 5.4 stable version keeps freezing on macOS Ventura 13.4.1 with M2 processor

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-5-4-stable-version-keeps-freezing-on-macos-ventura-13-4-1-with-m2-processor/31320>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-5-4-stable-version-keeps-freezing-on-macos-ventura-13-4-1-with-m2-processor/31320 "2023-08-23T18:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-5-4-stable-version-keeps-freezing-on-macos-ventura-13-4-1-with-m2-processor/31320/4 "2023-08-24T05:30:12Z")

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Possibly related to these:

- [Slicer program crash suddenly in MacBook](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-program-crash-suddenly-in-macbook/26453)
- [GPU and CPU rendering on MacBookPro M2 ProMax - #5 by muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/gpu-and-cpu-rendering-on-macbookpro-m2-promax/29152/5)

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Note that natively building Slicer on arm64 macOS is definitely something we would like to address.  
See [Support for building/testing/packaging Slicer on Apple arm64 · Issue #6811 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/6811)

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