If you go into C: Users (yourname) Desktop Citra Citra Version 2 Citra Version 2 user config and then open the qt-config.ini file up and go down to frame skip, change '0' to '1'.
So I have figured out a way to have way better performance with no problems. I did everything and i get the terminal to open. How to play 3ds games using Citra Emulator on Mac (2017).