rudluc

In the meantime, I hardly ever use Affinity Photo. I now use the equally excellent Pixelmator Pro for most of my tasks. It's just annoying to have to wait 30 seconds each time to launch Affinity Photo for tasks that can be done in 10 seconds. Pixelmator launches in just 2-3 seconds.

I understood this to mean that the problem with slow startup of Affinity applications only occurs with versions purchased from the Mac AppStore. Since the problem has existed for a long time and is unlikely to be fixed (I've given up hope by now), I think it would be a great initiative if Affinity offered their users an easy switch to the non-AppStore version.

I hardly use Affinity Photo any more and only use Pixelmator Pro where possible. It starts with a blink of an eye. It's a shame, but I can't be happy about the new update.

Thank you very much! But unfortunately, the download source is of no use to me. I have got the applications from the Mac AppStore.

I would find it useful if Affinity would offer the old versions again that did not yet have the delayed start. That should have happened a long time ago! Instead, they want to stick to this stupid start screen and make the users wait. Who knows when Apple will react and whether they will do it at all!

I also only use Pixelmator Pro since I have to wait so long when starting Affinity Photo. I think Affinity has lost a lot of its popularity since this problem started and even more the longer it goes on. If you could at least load the old version, which still launched quickly.

Is it going to stay that way, or is it going to be changed? It's just very annoying.

It's about time that this bug is fixed. It's no fun at all to use the Affinity programs anymore when you're slowed down like this for small edits on images.