breaking open geodes

-When trying to hack a secret box or geode, etc. in Clint's forge, the game slows down a lot (it takes about 30 seconds to hack a geode), and sometimes the message "Stardew Valley application is not responding" appears. The problem appeared around summer or fall of 2, everything was fine before...

When I break open geodes in Clint's blacksmith the picture freezes and it takes about one minute until I can go on. The item that was inside the geode hangs in the air in front of Clint. While I write this I break open some geodes. When I had to break open 20 or more geodes I could cook...