Hi Matthias Brilliant, perfect diagnosis! I've just added the log file to the exclusion list for Intego (didn't bother deleting it) and now LC opens instantly!!
This probably explains other slow opening issues with other apps, so it's really useful info. Many thanks. Peter -- Peter Reid Loughborough, UK > On 15 Nov 2017, at 11:00am, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:13:56 +0100 > From: Matthias Rebbe <matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: Slow Opening IDE > Message-ID: <c33234d8-a8c9-4a89-a317-4b749e413...@m-r-d.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Peter, > > i noticed such behaviour also in the past. In my case it was the combination > of my Antivirus Software from Intego and a really big Livecode logfile > ~/Library/Logs/RunRev/LiveCodeToolsLog.txt > > Along with the files from /Applications/LiveCode X.X.X, there was a huge > amount of scans from my Antivirus Real-Time Scanner on this single file > during the opening of LiveCode applications: > > Solution: I?ve excluded that file in my AV settings from realtime scanning > and deleted that file. > > Maybe this is cause also on your system, if you have AV software running. > > The problem is, this file is increasing its size with every start of > Livecode. My current file is now 32MB. > > I?ve already reported this to the bugbase in May 2016 and it was confirmed. > bug 17748 <http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17748> > > Regards, > Matthias > > >> Am 15.11.2017 um 10:43 schrieb Peter Reid via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >> >> Please can anyone tell me how to reset LC to a clean startup state? >> >> I use the Business Editions of LC 9,0,0-dp10, 8.1.7 and 8.8.1-rc1 on a Mac >> (10.12.6). Recently opening LC has become much slower. Typically from >> initial click to open, until the splash pop-up is now taking several >> minutes. Previously, this took considerably less than a minute. >> >> This feels like a local settings/prefs problem as the problem only occurs in >> my normal account on the Mac - other accounts see the IDE appear relatively >> speedily. >> >> I have tried throwing away as many prefs at I can find and I've tried clean >> installs and re-registring LC, but nothing seems to work. >> >> Any ideas please? >> >> Thanks >> >> Peter >> -- >> Peter Reid >> Loughborough, UK >> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
