> On 2 Mar 2020, at 14:57, FZiegler <fz.2...@klacto.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > I’ve long been happily using BibDesk 1.5.6 on non-cutting edge systems such > as Yosemite. After a recent forced upgrade to High Sierra (same MacBook Pro), > the system flashed a warning that I better update BibDesk to an “optimized” > version, which I take to mean compiled for 64-bit. > > And indeed my 1.5.6 is slow as molasses, with just about any operation (even > just switching to it) launching 15 seconds of beachball. No other programs do > anything like this. > > I went and downloaded 1.7.4 (5123) which is 64-bit but... just as slow. As my > 1.5.6 was, anyway, self-compiled with one line of code changed [1], I went > and downloaded Xcode and updated to svn head and it compiles just fine, but > the resulting 1.7.4 (5169) is just as slow. The only other non-standard thing > I can think of in my setup is an AppleScript [2] in ~/Library/Application > Support/BibDesk/Scripts; moving it out of the way does not improve the > situation. My BibDesk file is rather large at 8.5 MB for 11,000+ entries, but > that never caused problems before High Sierra. > > I’m happy to run diagnostics if it can help you diagnose what I’m doing > wrong. (It seems Sample.app no longer comes with the Xcode download?) > > Thanks in advance, > Francois > > > [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/mailman/message/28421183/ > <https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/mailman/message/28421183/> > [2] https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/mailman/message/28468841/ > <https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/mailman/message/28468841/> You could run a sample of BibDesk when you start it up. This can be done using Activity Montor.app. Select Bibdesk in it, and choose View > Sample Process.
Christiaan
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