You can handle the large size of the file by cleaning it up. There is
a tiddler called [[Cleanup]] that deletes done actions, inactive
tickles etc older than 14 days. If you edit the tiddler, you can
change the 14 days value to something safer (I use 28 days).
This doesn't solve the problem of
Having used mGSD since 2006, I keep it on a USB thumb drive
(encrypted) rather than tiddly spot. The thumb drive is probably
faster.
I have wanted to replace mGSD for a couple of years now, mostly
because mGSD is unsupported and never updated. However the
alternatives don't stack up. mGSD is