2016 MBP - suddenly lagging, crashing when opening apps

hi all, i have a 2016 macbook pro which i updated to sonoma (14.5) a few months go.

the installation was smooth and it was working well, there was no lag and i was able to run just about anything on it.

this all changed yesterday: whereas the GUI of the macbook looks weird (the dock is either opaque white or black), and it is so incredibly slow. i can’t open a photo on preview and close it without it taking atleast 2 minutes.

is OCLP causing this? would updating to 14.6 fix this? thanks 😁

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