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Yet another performance post

  • January 17, 2025
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Thomas Sola

I’ve gone through all the memory/performance improvement steps for the desktop app. The only thing I haven’t done is break up my files. To be clear. These very same files worked just fine prior to UI3. So I don’t think the problem is really the files.

 

The only way I can break up my component lib (which is smaller than any I’ve seen in the community) would be to put variables in one lib, text styles in another, inputs in another, etc.

 

The only way I can make my files smaller would be to only have 1 page per file.

 

Most of the performance threads I’ve seen are around specific issues or prototypes. My performance issues are with any and every aspect of Figma. Loading files being the most annoying.

 

I’m also on an M2 Ultra Mac Studio with 192 GB of memory. It’s not my setup. Is UI3 just worse all around on memory?

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  • Figmate
  • 2114 replies
  • January 20, 2025

Hi ​@Thomas Sola, Thanks for reaching out and for your efforts in troubleshooting this issue.

 

I understand you're experiencing performance problems with the desktop app after the UI3 update. We appreciate you trying to resolve this on your own. If you haven't already, could you please try clearing the Figma desktop app cache?

 

If that doesn't help, we recommend submitting a bug report so our team can provide further assistance. You can submit a report here.

To help them diagnose the issue, please include the following information:

  • Your Figma account email
  • Troubleshooting steps already taken 
  • Share URL of the example file and add  support-share@figma.com as an Editor to the file (this won't affect your billing at all) 
  • A screen recording demonstrating this behavior with the entire window in view

Thank you for your patience and assistance!


Thomas Sola
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  • January 21, 2025

I’ve deleted (scoured the HD for any trace of Figma), reinstalled, cleared cache, and sacrificed a pigeon. Sadly, particularly for the pigeon, none of that helped.

 

I can’t, (nor is it appropriate), to share proprietary work so unfortunately I won’t be able to follow through with the next steps.

 

Appreciate the response though. Thank you.


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