mliving Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 I've been using all three V2 apps on my M1 Max since yesterday and the apps had been opening almost instantly. But this evening I started Photo V1 and it started slowly. Since then Photo, Designer and Publisher V2 ALL take almost a minute to startup. This issue NEEDS to be addressed. PLEASE!
Ansgar Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 Same here with Designer and Photo (purchased at Serif, not in the MAS).
Staff Sean P Posted November 22, 2022 Staff Posted November 22, 2022 Thanks for your comments, I've passed these along to development.
Dampsquid Posted November 25, 2022 Posted November 25, 2022 Slow startup of v2 apps only seems to be a problem if it’s v1 counterpart has been previously opened.
curlypaws Posted December 20, 2022 Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) I no longer have the v1 apps installed, but find the v2 apps take a while to launch. So I don’t think prior use of a v1 app causes this. It is a real barrier to using Affinity Photo in particular as other similar programs open in a fraction of the time. Mac running OS X Ventura 13.1, hardware acceleration on (set to Metal now rather than OpenGL in Designer and Publisher but made no difference), latest Mac App Store versions of Affinity v2 apps (2.0.3). Graphics are a Radeon Pro Vega II. Edited December 20, 2022 by curlypaws Added additional version/settings info.
mliving Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 My bounce of death has not occurred with Affinity Apps V2 as long as I don't open V1 of the apps. The bounce usually returns only once the first time the Affinity Apps open after an OS update.
curlypaws Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Just in case it helps anyone else finding this issue, I recently stopped using Bitdefender AV for Mac. And now the Affinity apps start up instantly. Oufti 1
Oufti Posted January 6 Posted January 6 That's very kind of you. Though, you'll probably still see it once in a while (*), each time after Apple posts an update to XProtect (its own malware detection tool). _________________ (*) About each fortnight, depending on the circumstances. Ldina 1 Affinity Suite 2.6 – Monterey 12.7.6 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue. 🦉No AI content.
MikeTO Posted January 6 Posted January 6 I believe Oufti is correct, it happens when Apple posts an update so it's outside of our control. For those with an M4, app launching is now so much faster that the slow launch is no longer that annoying. Apple's claims about apps launching much faster are accurate. Oufti 1 Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters MacBook Pro (M4 Pro, Tahoe 26.1) and iPad Air (M2, iPadOS 26.1)
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