Affinity Photo Long Start Time

[BillH64]

What can I do to speed up the launching Of Affinity Photo.  MacOS 10.14.5.  It take at least 2 minutes with the bouncing icon to launch and partially locks up the toolbar while this is happening.  I thought the upgrade to 1.7 would help, but all is the same.  Ideas????

[Dan C]

Hi BillH64,

Welcome to the forums

I'm very sorry to hear this, it certainly isn't expected.

Could you please try:

1. Restart your Mac and then try launching the software again
2. If this does not help you can reset your app back to default settings by following the below instructions:

You can reset your app back to its default settings by holding down the CTRL key while launching the app. When the Clear User Data window appears, click Select All and then Clear. The app will now open.
Be aware that resetting your app back to its default settings will lose any custom settings such as keyboard shortcuts and brushes etc. To backup such settings before resetting the app, please watch our Affinity - Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts video.  

I hope this helps.

[BillH64]

Thanks a lot.  Resetting the app did the trick.  Starts instantly now.