Slooooooooow on macOS since April

[srousset]

Describe the bug
The Standard Notes desktop application has become incredibly slow on my Mac since about 4-6 weeks ago, without me knowingly changing any parameter. Works fine on iOS.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Standard Notes
2. After 27 seconds, Standard Notes shows up with a blank window.
3. At the 43rd second, the word "Loading…" gets displayed.
4. At the 65th second, the normal display is achieved.
5. From then on, it takes about 11 seconds to move from one note to another one.
6. Creating a new note takes 13 seconds.

Expected behavior
The usual and appreciated functionality of Standard Notes, twenty times faster, like it was until the aforementioned behaviour appeared.

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 (on MacBook Air 2020 with M1 chip)
• Browser: N/A – using the desktop application, not a browser.
• Version (of the desktop application): 3.195.32

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: N/A
• OS: N/A
• Browser: N/A
• Version: N/A

Additional note
Is anybody having the same problem, or am I alone in the universe? 😉

[rayhennessey]

Yes. I'm having the same issue - Desktop App v3.196.6 - MacBook Pro M1 2021 - 16GB Sequoia 15.5

I have Desktop App version 3.195.13 on another laptop—MacBook Air M1 2020 - 16GB Sequoia 15.5—and it's fine. IOS is fine, and the browser version is fine.

I have 270 Notes (514.11kb - total)

[git-noise]

Is it possible that the intel compatible version has been installed by any chance? I have observed that the website can sometimes default to download the intel compatible version (something like mac-x64.dmg) rather than the arm version (mac-arm64.dmg).

[srousset]

That did the trick, thanks a lot git-noise. I've reinstalled Standard Notes in its ARM incarnation, and Standard Notes is again running like a breeze.

Now, why/how on Earth did I end up with an Intel version, when I'd had Standard Notes running normally for several months on my Apple Silicon MacBook, that's a mystery. Anyway, it now works, than you.

[rayhennessey]

Yep.. That's it!