Anybody found a way to speed up the startup time of Affinity V2 software?

[hajime]

Hi, I tried Affinity Designer, Photos and Publisher (all V2) on a M2 Mac mini. After restart, it took about 17 seconds to launch each app. However, if I close them and launch again, then it took less than a second. Looks like other users also have this issue and the company mentioned that it could be caused by Apple checking the software. Anybody found a solution to this?

Slow startup (all Affinity apps)

forum.affinity.serif.com

 

[MacGizmo]

This is the case with virtually any app. It always takes longer for the first launch. 17 seconds is long though, compared to my times of about 6-8 seconds (for the first launch).