On Mar 1, 2015, at 22:48, Ken Mankoff wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> My BibDesk seems slow. There doesn't seem to be much mention of
> this on the mailing list, except one mention that having Date
> fields displayed could slow it down. That doesn't seem to be the
> issue.
>
> It takes ~4 seconds for operations that touches the .bib file.
> This includes New Publication (CMD+N), Delete item (Backspace), or
> Save (CMD+S).
>
> The following is fast: It takes ~1 second to search, and less than
> that to sort, even on date columns. I've tried disabling most
> columns, with no change in speed.
>
> I'm running the latest nightly, and have 2600 entries in my Bib
> file, which is 4.8 MB and saved with Unicode UTF-8 format. I have
> no Abstracts in the Bib file to keep it smaller.
>
> My computer is a bit old - 2009 MacBook Pro, but it has an SSD and
> 8 GB of RAM, and every other app is responsive.
>
> Do any of you have similar response times? If so, what size file,
> how many entries, and what hardware?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -k.
Perhaps you have a large number of smart or field groups? There can be a lot of
reasons for slowdowns, so there is not much I can say about this based on this
information. You could sample BibDesk using Activity Monitor just after you did
something that is slow for you.
Christiaan
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