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Thank you to all that replied to my question. The IT folks allowed the suggested URLs and now the spinning beach ball has been kicked out of existence! Problem solved. THX

Thanks for all of the feedback. I will send these URL suggestions to IT and see if it helps. We are using older iMacs running Mojave and Affinity Designer 1.10.1 without issue. My newer MacBook Pro running 12.0.1 with 1.10.5 Pub, Des, and Photo has the issues. Thanks

I teach high school Media Arts and use Affinity products, while working on our school WiFi, I get the spinning beach ball (Mac OS 12.0.1). As soon as I turn off the WiFi connection, all is well and I can work with a responsive app. In the classroom, we are working with older versions of Designer and Photo as well as on Mojave and Win 10 without any issues. I do not have this issue at home, so it has something to do with the internal school WiFi, the Apple OS and the newest version of Affinity. I have talked with our IT and they thought the Affinity apps are going out to a server somewhere that the school has blocked for security reasons. Is there a way to get a list of the URLs I can pass along for them to unblock? I am using the latest version 1.10.5 on my MacBook Pro 12.0.1 which has lessened the wait time a bit from the previous version, but it is far from useful when on the WiFi. Any info is appreciated. Thx