nickbatz

Deleted because the problem was solved and my post is no longer relevant.

EDIT: THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I HAD BETTERTOUCHTOOL'S CLIPBOARD MANAGER RUNNING. Special thanks to Dan in Affinity tech support for nailing this with his first response. I'd like to go back and delete all my comments in this thread about this, but they're too old.

In case it has something else to do with monitors: I have the Max version with the 32-core graphics upsell, and two 4K monitors connected, both scaled down (one is at 3008 x 1692, the other one 1080p [a few feet away]).

Just to follow up after more time - Leigh's solution (turning off Metal) is the answer. Big difference. Thanks again. Oh, a suggestion: it might be a good idea to include a "Preferred Settings for Apple Silicon Users" Read Me with the installation. That is, unless you did and I missed it - which I certainly wouldn't put past myself.

Yeah, changing those two settings does seem to help. I just copied a selection from a 300 DPI pixel layer. It took about ten seconds to copy, which brings it back into the realm of First World problems. I'm leaving the post above intact in case it's helpful to see what the - I think! - solution is.

These are my current settings (below). I'm guessing Use only integrated GPU should be enabled? it would make sense, given that I'm now endowed with 32 graphics cores. Edit: and now I see there's another Metal checkbox. Okay will try that. The following sentence may be moot, will see. To reiterate, copying/pasting selections (from either a pixel or an adjustment layer) is slow as molasses, so something seems wrong. Thanks.

Well, one of them is Affinity Photo. Photos taken on an iPhone or iPad are (or can be) sent to Apple's iCloud, and your library is synced with all your Apple devices. If you want to open a photo in an editor, this feature means you don't have to save the file first. And it means you don't have to send the file from your iPhone to your computer. Also, you access ProRAW pictures this way. Much as I abhor subscriptions, it's worth $3/month (if you fill up the free storage and need more) just for this.

Yeah, I paid way too much for internal storage too (4TB). But I don't regret it. Apart from the convenience, Apple has made virtual memory swapping way faster, and the conventional practice of keeping things off your system drive has changed. And while you still need RAM for real-time applications, this storage is ridiculously fast.

That isn't an option with my Samsung displays. Maybe it's only on iMacs and Mac laptops? But thanks, I appreciate the help.

And wasn't Affinity Photo one of the programs Apple bragged about in one of their product intros - I think the M1 MacBook Pros? Also, another question: is it better to run the program in Rosetta mode? I guess the answer is for me to try rather than asking.

New Mac Studio here (M1 Max, 32-core graphics, 64GB). I just did a search hoping to find the recommended settings for my machine, and this thread came up. Same lagging behavior, especially copying and pasting - which is what I'm doing here. Well, this report isn't providing any new information. Is the macOS version due next month any better?

I'll have to try Edit With on the new Mac (as soon as I teach Photos where its library is!). It worked sporadically, and then very slowly, on my previous Mac. Actually, I wonder whether the reason it didn't work is just that - the photo library isn't where it expects to see it. The waking issue manifests itself differently on my setup, as I said, but it sounds like a variation of the same thing. macOS 12.6 here too.

This is when you wake the machine from sleep, right? If so, what's going on is that the monitor is syncing after the windows are drawn, and the Mac thinks you're using a smaller monitor. I have that problem on my new Mac Studio too. Apple is aware of the issue, but I don't know whether they're expecting to be able to provide a solution.

Update: this issue does not exist on my new machine (Mac Studio, Max, 64GB, 32-core graphics). For what it's worth to Bruce whose name is not Bruce and others.

Adobe is a public company, so they have to remain big. Smaller private companies are different. Anyway, I for one would have no problem with their raising their prices for updates. It's subscriptions that I absolutely hate, rationally or not. The main reason is that I lived through a thankfully temporary loss of income during the Great Recession, when I couldn't have afforded to keep subscriptions going (or they would have been a burden). No thanks, I don't want to be unable to access the tools I need, much less old projects. Now, I happen to use a lot of music and audio software from many companies, so it would be cumulative if they were all subscriptions. As I said, my aversion may not be totally rational. But the anxiety is real!

Don't tell anyone, but I didn't even realize Affinity Photo was a substitute for Photoshop until months after I bought the license and had become addicted!

It's highly dependent on the image you're sharpening. Gigapixel AI recognizes things, and when it does it's pretty great. It can produce artifacts, which are usually bad but I've also used them to creative effect.

I blame your parents for not naming you that.

Bruce, you are patronizing me again. I promise you, I may be stupid but I'm demonstrably not a know-nothing idiot.

I truly get all that. Truly. Seriously.

Possible but not probable.

I do appreciate all the help. Sorry if I sound even grumpier than usual.

It's most noticeable in Logic Pro X, because it's a real-time program. But I've noticed slowing in Word, and the machine has grumbled when launching other programs. Another thought just occurred to me: sometimes I use Edit With [Affinity Photo] in Photos, the Apple program that keeps iPhone photos synced between Apple devices and iCloud. Edit With doesn't usually work - it just sits there (or worse, turns the photo into a blank white page on all devices!). While I don't *think* I can trace this issue to using Edit With, it's worth checking, because that could be an explanation. If the Mac is trying to sync photos all over the universe, that could well cause a clustershag.

Right, I probably should have deleted that sentence before posting (because it doesn't make sense).

Could well be. But ideally I wouldn't have to restart the computer.