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I'm using a M1 Macbook Air and I remember that all the Affinity applications took 2-3 seconds to open. Now its more like 10-15 seconds, which makes it some of the slowest apps on my Mac. How come? Do anyone else experience this? All other applications are still snappy on the computer.

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Hi @Morten_Hjort,

Do the apps stay in the dock with the bouncing effect whilst you are waiting for them to load or does it get stuck loading at the splash screen?

Could you try resetting one of them to their default settings and see if it still takes a long time to load:

  1. Go to Applications in Finder and find Photo/Designer/Publisher
  2. Hold down Ctrl, click on the app and click open whilst still holding down Ctrl
  3. This will prompt for a new menu 'Clear User Data' with three boxes checked
  4. Press clear at the bottom right hand corner and confirm if this improves load time
Posted
2 minutes ago, NathanC said:

Hi @Morten_Hjort,

Do the apps stay in the dock with the bouncing effect whilst you are waiting for them to load or does it get stuck loading at the splash screen?

Could you try resetting one of them to their default settings and see if it still takes a long time to load:

  1. Go to Applications in Finder and find Photo/Designer/Publisher
  2. Hold down Ctrl, click on the app and click open whilst still holding down Ctrl
  3. This will prompt for a new menu 'Clear User Data' with three boxes checked
  4. Press clear at the bottom right hand corner and confirm if this improves load time

It would just be bouncing all the time, but you suggestions helped! Now its back to an almost instant load! Great :)

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted
On 3/30/2022 at 1:59 PM, NathanC said:

Hi @Morten_Hjort,

Do the apps stay in the dock with the bouncing effect whilst you are waiting for them to load or does it get stuck loading at the splash screen?

Could you try resetting one of them to their default settings and see if it still takes a long time to load:

  1. Go to Applications in Finder and find Photo/Designer/Publisher
  2. Hold down Ctrl, click on the app and click open whilst still holding down Ctrl
  3. This will prompt for a new menu 'Clear User Data' with three boxes checked
  4. Press clear at the bottom right hand corner and confirm if this improves load time

It took about 5 app-starts and then it was slow again. Clearing helps, but then the issue appear again and again. Is this common behaviour?

Posted
Just now, Hens said:

It is known that the initial startup takes a bit more time as to a second or third startup.
But it may as well be an issue that is not obvious,like

A large amount of fonts installed does affect the startup.
A corrupted installed font that may influence the startup.
A large amount of assets may also influence the startup.
Running background processes that take up a lot of RAM may also influence the startup.
Running other RAM heavy programs at the same time may also influence the startup.
 

That all makes sense, but IMO no one of those points will explain why the initial start-up (after clearing) is 10 times FASTER than any sequential startup.

Word also needs to load the same fonts, but its much much faster.

Posted
Just now, Hens said:

The fonts issue is known to be a slowdown on startup.
When ctrl+runup is used it clears out the data folder where all the userdata is stored,like the assets/presets,.....
As soon as you open a document with embedded assets/presets it needs to find it again in that storage place.
When found these items are again stored in your data folder and will influence the startup again.

Ok but then if I open the application without loading a document, this shouldn't be the case should it? I almost never open Photo by clicking on a af-file (and thus loading a file on load) 

Posted
15 minutes ago, Hens said:

When ctrl+runup is used it clears out the data folder where all the userdata is stored,like the assets/presets,.....

If only the first 3 boxes are checked it does not clear the assets, etc. 

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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  • 2 years later...
Posted

🇬🇧 Hi, I'm bringing back this post that is several months old, because I still don't understand (and can only tolerate with a little difficulty) why the three applications of the Serif suite are still so SLOW to open during a new session (see my signature for my configuration). The Pixelmator Pro application opens immediately!?… So, why these slownesses!?… Another programming quality problem!?…

I configured Little Snitch so that it cuts (and does not cut) all communications (up and down) with the company's servers: in both cases, the applications take more than twenty seconds to open!?…

I defined as trusted (and no settings) with Virus Barrier: in both cases, the applications take more than twenty seconds to open!?…

The only consolation is that during the same session, the following openings (after the very first) are done normally. Except, a sort of dance on the screen with the thumbnail of the Serif application which, two or three times, places itself and comes out on the left side of the Stage Manager!?…

Thanks for your possible solutions...

 

🇫🇷 Bonjour, je ressors ce post datant de plusieurs mois déjà, car je ne comprends toujours pas (et ne supporte qu'avec un peu de difficulté) pourquoi les trois applications de la suite Serif sont toujours aussi LENTES à s'ouvrir lors d'une nouvelle session (voir ma signature pour ma configuration). L'application Pixelmator Pro s'ouvre immédiatement !?… Alors, pourquoi ces lenteurs !?… Encore un problème de qualité de programmation !?…

J'ai configuré Little Snitch pour qu'il coupe (et ne coupe pas) toutes communications (up et down) avec les serveurs de la société : dans les deux cas, les applications mettent plus de vingt secondes à s'ouvrir !?…

J'ai défini comme de confiance (et absence de paramétrage) avec Virus Barrier dans les deux cas, les applications mettent plus de vingt secondes à s'ouvrir !?…

Seule consolation, lors d'une même session, les ouvertures suivantes (après la toute première) se font normalement. Sauf, une sorte de danse à l'écran avec la vignette de l'application Serif qui, à deux ou trois reprises, se place et ressort du côté gauche du Stage Manager !?…

Merci pour vos éventuelles solutions...

  

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

i have the same issue i have a feeling it has slowed down with the last 2-3 patches or so or maybe the AI that have to load in but one thing for sure it is annoying for some people you can make an excuse of having a bad pc or whatever but that does not go up with me, I made some video of all the apps starting up since I have not seen one the video is +- 1:50 that would come down to a average startup time of 36 sec give or take

 

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Posted

🇬🇧 Hi, I am not a programmer, but I have some experience with almost 40 years of use on Macintosh. So I start with a synthesis that is personal to me, therefore very subjective. Here is my list of factors that can cause these excessively long loading times (AD can sometimes launch in almost 40 seconds😞

– Failure of the preferences files of Serif applications; they must then be deleted, with loss of all settings, so that they can then be rewritten properly, from scratch, with the basic settings,
– Full and complete incompatibility with the operating system, machine not updated or general failure of the machine,
– Insufficient RAM (with long swaps imposed),
– Poor management of Serif caches by Serif applications,
Too many fonts activated in the system,
Font files too old with uncertain compatibility,
– Font manager insufficiently compatible with Serif apps,
Too many extensions, or even duplicate or even triple extensions, which was my case a few weeks ago without me being able to explain why these heavy files had been downloaded several times without any warning from the software. I realized this very late, since I hardly use this type of resource,
– Access to Serif servers is restricted or limited (for checking license numbers),
Slow web access for users,
– Use of VPNs (NordVPN for example), or bad configuration,
– Use of firewalls (Little Snitch for example), or bad configuration,
Unoptimized programming, lack of human resources, negligence or too many ports (platform, currencies, etc.) to manage in parallel,
Initial programming choices by Serif that restrict updates or prevent the smooth and planned development of new features,

What concerns me the most is that after launching AD once, for example, and then exiting it, the next opening is often faster, which makes me think that resources already managed during the first launches no longer have to be managed again with the following launches... For my part, I now know that I can go make myself a tea before start working on Serif software... 😉

 

🇫🇷 Bonjour, je ne suis pas programmeur, mais j'ai une certaine expérience avec presque 40 ans d'usage sur Macintosh. Je me lance donc avec une synthèse qui m'est propre, donc très subjective. Voici ma liste des facteurs pouvant provoquer ces temps de chargement excessivement longs (AD peut quelques fois se lancer en presque 40 secondes) :

– Défaillance des fichiers de préférences des applications Serif ; il faut alors les supprimer, avec pertes de tous ses paramétrages, pour qu'ils soient ensuite réécrits proprement, de zéro, avec les réglages de base,
– Non-compatibilité pleine et entière avec son système d'exploitation, machine non mise à jour ou défaillance généralisée de sa machine,
– Insuffisance en quantité de RAM (avec des swaps longs imposés),
– Mauvaise gestion des caches Serif par les applications Serif,
Trop grande quantité de polices de caractères activées dans le système,
Fichiers de polices de caractères trop anciens avec compatibilité incertaine,
– Gestionnaire de polices de caractères insuffisamment compatible avec les apps Serif,
Trop grande quantité d'extensions, voire des extensions en doubles voire en triple, ce qui a été mon cas il y a quelques semaines sans que je ne m'explique pourquoi ces lourds fichiers avaient été téléchargés plusieurs fois sans aucun avertissement des logiciels. Je m'en suis rendu compte que très tardivement, n'utilisant presque pas ce type de ressources,
– Accès aux serveurs de Serif restreints ou limités (pour la vérification des numéros de licence),
Accès au Web lent chez les utilisateurs,
– Utilisation de VPN (NordVPN par exemple), ou mauvaise configuration,
– Utilisation de pare-feu (Little Snitch par exemple), ou mauvaise configuration,
Programmation non optimisée, manque de ressources humaines, négligeance ou trop de portages (plateforme, devises...) à gérer en parallèle,
Choix de programmation initiaux de Serif qui contraignent les mises à jour ou empèchent le développement serein et prévu de nouvelles fonctionnalités,

Je qui m'interpèle le plus c'est qu'après avoir lancé une fois AD, par exemple, puis l'avoir quitté, l'ouverture suivante est souvent plus rapide, ce qui me fait penser à ce que des ressources déjà gérées lors des premiers lancements n'aient plus à être gérées une nouvelle fois avec les lancements suivants... Pour ma part, je sais maintenant que je peux aller me préparer un thé avant de commencer à travailler sur les logiciels Serif... 😉

  

Posted

So the only thing that would really apply to me would be a complete reinstallation of the software... but it would be nice if AFFINITY itself would respond to this threat becouse it seems to be a real problem....they should legit explain what it is

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Posted
3 hours ago, yggdr4s17 said:

So the only thing that would really apply to me would be a complete reinstallation of the software... but it would be nice if AFFINITY itself would respond to this threat becouse it seems to be a real problem....they should legit explain what it is

Serif has previously investigated the issue and shared this explanation:

 

Posted

Thank you (again) @MikeTO for the precious information (which I had not found)... And which would have allowed me not to waste my time (or yours maybe too...) with my too long post yesterday.

Despite all this, I created a small macro with Keyboard Maestro that I can manually launch from the Finder to open the three Serif applications, then after a few minutes automatically quit them... time to make myself a coffee or go “pee”!… When I get back, apps launch in 3 seconds...

  

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

I am getting so frustrated about it, performance is just unacceptable, BAD! And simply saying sorry the file is too big we can't find the issue is unacceptable too!

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  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Bonjour,
Avez-vous trouvé une solution pour ce problème de lenteur chargement ?
Car la version 2.6 n'a rien arrangé. C'est pire encore.
Merci
 

Posted

Bonjour,
Avez-vous trouvé une solution pour ce problème de lenteur chargement ?
Car la version 2.6 n'a rien arrangé. C'est pire encore.
Merci
 

Posted

🇫🇷 Bonjour @Vladimok, pour ma part, j'ai abandonné la recherche de solutions. Il faut dire aussi que je ne dispose pas d'un bagage exceptionnel pour trouver des solutions, mis à part une quarantaine d'années sur macOS qui ne suffisent pas devant ce fournisseur et ces outils graphiques si particuliers. Puisque l'on est entre nous, j'ai même imaginé récupérer les versions non-officielles des programmes pour voir si la situation évoluait dans un meilleur sens : mais, une nouvelle fois, j'ai abandonné l'idée.

J'ai installé la version 2.6 hier soir, APRÈS avoir réalisé une solide sauvegarde sur SSD de ma machine. J'ai fait quelques tests qui ne m'ont pas convaincus et j'ai abandonné : j'ai réinstallé la version 2.5.7 et replacés tous les fichiers système par la sauvegarde. D'autant que si l'on suit quelques fils sur les forums, de multiples bugs sont toujours présents et de nouvelles fonctions ou implémentations semblent très “tordues”.

Je vais partir du principe que la version 2.5.7 fonctionne bien sur ma machine et que j'ai maintenant confiance en cette version que je “maitrise”. Pour les fonctions avancées que l'on utilise tous de temps en temps, je passerai par d'autres outils ou d'autres bidouilles. Pour l'essentiel, et par rapport à mes besoins, cette version 2.5.7 est “viable”. Et puis, j'en ai marre de devoir me prendre la tête !…

 

🇬🇧 Hi  @Vladimok, for my part, I have given up looking for solutions. It must also be said that I do not have an exceptional background to find solutions, apart from about forty years on macOS which are not enough in front of this supplier and these very particular graphic tools. Since we are among ourselves, I even imagined recovering the unofficial versions of the programs to see if the situation evolved in a better direction: but, once again, I gave up the idea.

I installed version 2.6 yesterday evening, AFTER having made a solid backup on SSD of my machine. I did some tests which did not convince me and I gave up: I reinstalled version 2.5.7 and replaced all the system files by the backup. Especially since if we follow some threads on the forums, multiple bugs are still present and new functions or implementations seem very “twisted”.

I will assume that version 2.5.7 works well on my machine and that I now have confidence in this version that I “master”. For the advanced functions that we all use from time to time, I will use other tools or other tinkering. For the most part, and in relation to my needs, this version 2.5.7 is “viable”.  And then, I am tired of having to rack my brains!…

  

Posted

J'utilise la version 2,6 sans problème, j'avais commencé avec les bétas. Jamais vu de bug.
Le seul truc qui me gonfle c'est la lenteur de chargement à l'ouverture. Quand l'on ferme et rouvre les applications cela ne ce reproduits pas. Seulement au bout de d'un certain temps.
C'est pénible, surtout quand l'ont doit être réactif avec des clients.
Je crois que ADOBE va revenir à la maison (Mais cela serait dommage)

Posted

...on pourra aussi appliquer le principe de précaution appliqué aux produits Apple comme à son système d'exploitation : attendre la version x.1 ou x.2 et laisser aux équipes de développement le soin de réparer les bugs relevés par la communauté devenue béta-testeur !…

  

Posted

Pour info, si cela peut servir:

J'ai désinstallé la suite complète, redémarré mes Mac Studio, réinstallé la suite 2.6.

Pour le moment cela refonctionne comme avant, chargement des applications quasi instantané. 

A suivre ....

Posted
On 2/20/2025 at 11:14 AM, Vladimok said:

Le seul truc qui me gonfle c'est la lenteur de chargement à l'ouverture. Quand l'on ferme et rouvre les applications cela ne ce reproduits pas. Seulement au bout de d'un certain temps.

Pour ma part, j'ai constaté que cette lenteur ne se produisait qu'une seule fois de temps à autres (une à deux fois par mois), et ce chaque fois après qu'Apple ait mis à jour les fichiers XProtect (détection et protection contre les malwares). Observation qui rejoint les infos données par Serif.

Pour s'en assurer, on peut aller dans Option-menu Pomme > Informations système > Logiciels > Installation. En triant du plus récent au plus ancien, c'est vite vu. 

 

Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To

I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue.

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Hi there,

I am experiencing problems launching Affinity Publisher 2.6.0. It is not slow, it gets stuck on “Checking licence configuration” indefinitely while showing “Application not responding” in the dock. I am on a MacBook M1 Pro, Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81). I have tried the following to solve the issue but to no result:

  • Connect to a different network (home WiFi and hotspot over 5G, both of which work fine and are connected to the internet)
  • Restarting the system
  • Deinstalling and reinstalling Affinity Publisher
  • Deactivating all user fonts in FontBook
  • Clearing user defaults
  • Turning off Firewall
  • Opening the app without an internet connection
  • Deinstalling and reinstalling Affinity Designer and Photo

When I try to open Affinity Designer, it gives me the error message that it “Cannot communicate with other Affinity apps”. 

Perhaps this is a different issue but it's my first time on this forum so I hope this ends up in the right place and can be resolved quickly! Thanks for any help!

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