MarcV Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Since the update to 1.8.6 under MacOS 10.15.7 the start performance of Affinity Photo is much slower that before with version 1.8.4. robinp and davidbailey00 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinningShark Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Ditto here. VERY slow startup for both Photo and Designer on both Catalina and Big Sur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattebaer Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Same here on my MacBook Pro 15", 32GB and I9, BigSur. Takes up to 2 Minutes until GUI appears on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hi @MarcV, @GrinningShark, @Pattebaer, Welcome to Affinity Forums Thank you all for reporting this issue. v1.8.6 does take a lot longer to start than the previous version. Are you all using the Mac App Store version? Issue logged to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcV Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Yes Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer are Mac App Store Versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattebaer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Same with my MacBook, also AppStore version 1.8.6 Also when shutting down AF it feels like a lifetime until it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinningShark Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Same. Mac App Store version. Using 2020 iMac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 18, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2020 Thank you all for confirming/reporting this issue. It is now with the dev team to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGB Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Very quick start up for me. Much faster then before, however I am not running the AppStore version, but use the download from the website. iMac 27” 16 GB, 2 TB fusion. Running Big Sur. Do have serious problems with the Extensions for Photo’s though. (Posted a topic in this forum about that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 18, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi MacGB, This issue only affects the Mac App Store version on macOS Big Sur and Catalina. The Affinity Store version and Betas all start fast as usual. Will have to take a look at the extensions. Thanks for bringing it up. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGB Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 You're welcome and thanks for looking into the behavior of the extensions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcV Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 3 hours ago, MEB said: Hi MacGB, This issue only affects the Mac App Store version on macOS Big Sur. The Affinity Store version and Betas all start fast as usual. Will have to take a look at the extensions. Thanks for bringing it up. Not only on MacOS Big Sur. I have this issue on MacOS Catalina with the Mac App Store version. MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 18, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi MarcV, Thanks for pointing that out. The bug was filled against both OSs but somehow i forgot to add Catalina in the quoted reply. Reply corrected. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlypaws Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I'm seeing the same issue. I counted some 34 bounces of the icon before the UI appears on first launch. It is at least much faster on the second startup. This is on a Mac Pro 3.3Ghz 12 core, 96Gb RAM and 4Tb SSD running Big Sur 11.0.1. And, in common with the mentions above, this is using the Mac App Store version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 19, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 19, 2020 Thanks for the info @curlypaws, much appreciated. Welcome to Affinity Forums Anyone else experiencing this on Catalina besides @MarcV and @GrinningShark? curlypaws 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekrstj Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 same here MB pro 2019 13" 2.4 Q-core OS Big Sur very slow start-up designer and photo since update to Big Sur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Linhardt Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 same here, iMac 27" 2017, very slow startup from designer and photo on macOS Big Sur and Catalina Mac App Store Versions Best Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbeeble49 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Same: very slow startup of all 3 Affinity apps loaded/updated from the AppStore on my MacBook Air 2020. Thanks for fixing Timo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinningShark Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Not sure if it will help, but I noticed that this happens consistently after a fresh reboot and so I decided to do a few reboots and then launch Affinity Designer and Photo after the system rebooted. Both of them were very slow, sometimes taking >10 seconds before the application started up. Subsequently launches are much faster (1-2 seconds). As soon as I rebooted, the first launch was really slow again. I kicked off Activity Monitor and noticed that SYSPOLICYD was chowing on the CPU on that first launch of each and it kicked in right as I clicked on the application in the dock. Not sure if this will give you another clue to help determine the source of the problem. Subsequent launches do not appear to trigger SYSPOLICYD like the first launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashgear Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Looks like syspolicyd is the culprit, and yes this only apply to Mac App Store version, download version loads VERY fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 In my case, all three programs start as fast as always (maybe even a bit faster, but that can also be a subjective impression). After initial difficulties with the download from the MAS everything went smoothly today. (iMac 2017, Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6) Cheers, Puck Quote iMac 2017, 16 GB RAM, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB, MacOS Ventura 13.6.6 (22G630) - Affinity V2-Universallizenz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dalia Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 same here with App Store version and mbp 2020. it's been a while since the problem was reported. do you have a solution now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 28, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hi @Van Dalia, Welcome to Affinity Forums Not yet, we are still investigating this. As soon as we have some news i or someone else will update this thread. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattebaer Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Is there any chance to step back to AP 1.8.5 or 1.8.4 with the App Store Version and Big Sur? I have to retouch some Pictures for a client and it seems that my retirement will be faster then the end of the project. Also storing/exporting PSD takes 2 up to 5 cups of coffee. Thx for your support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 1, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hi @Pattebaer, Welcome to Affinity Forums The Mac App Store doesn't offer any mechanism to revert to an older version. Unless you have a Time Machine backup (or a regular backup), there's no way to step back to a previous version. Pattebaer 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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