> 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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