Wickerman Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I have a few databases I use on my desktop (not a network -- software is on this machines, as are files) -- just FMP solutions running on my new Retina display iMac, running OSX 10.13.2. I'm on FMP 15.03.305 Recently, these solutions have become remarkably sluggish for doing simple data entry. For example, if I click on a field with a drop-down menu based on a simple value-list with just 7 values, the list doesn't instantly appear as in the past -- It's click - beat - list displays - click choice - beat - beat - beat - value enters, tabs to next field (where 'beat' is a say half-second pause and feels like an eternity). I guess I could understand if it was a little slow auto-completing based on existing entries and there were hundreds of entries (but in the past even that sort of thing was zippy). Any suggestions what might be going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Don't know if there's a way to 'bump' a query, but I'm disappointed not to get any replies on this. The problem is persisting, and if anything getting worse (though it may be I'm just getting fed up). I'm really mystified by this problems, as they don't seem to have arisen from any fresh development work on my files. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 https://support.filemaker.com/s/answerview?anum=000025977&language=en_US Seems listed as a known issue. You could download trial of FM16 and see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I had a problem with the slowness and a problem with FileMaker crashing. I contacted Apple and they suggested I increase my RAM to 16 GB and the problem went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hmmmm . . . . I've tried out FMP 16 and the problem persists -- but I think I've discovered at least part of the problem is that I have two charts on the page, and it seems like they are being re-drawn after I enter data in certain fields -- but they aren't fields relevant to calculating any values in the charts. is there a reason for this, and can i change that behavior? I tried opening the file in FMP 13 and it works just fine, very snappy as before. Are FMP 15 & 16 such memory hogs I actually need a hardware upgrade to run them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) I installed my RAM upgrade in April 2017, because of the things I mentioned and I was using v15 at that time. Edited February 12, 2018 by Lee Smith modified post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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