Which desktop browser do you use?
I've been using Brave for many years but after my 1st gen iMac Pro (2017) died and was resurrected a couple months ago the new Brave install has been acting weird, ...
I used Librewolf for a while until the memory leaks got to me, now I mostly use Brave. Not sure if MAC would have the same Gecko issues though, Firefox/Librewolf might be worth a shot. Vivaldi is also cool, it's a bit more suite-like than my liking, but it's more of a preference thing than a knock against the browser.
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