Hahaha, macOS has some issues but not those you talk about. I've heard every windows user complain about such problems - which are not if you accept the fact you are on another Os ant not windows - when starting to use mac. nice clickbait btw.
IOT guy here, I like node-red but never dare to run it on edge device to perform ops on critical infrastructure. what is the state of the project? prototype only or business ready?