Hookmark a bit slow

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Hi. I’m finding Hookmark a bit slow lately. Like upon my keyboard invocation it takes most of a second for the bar to appear. Admittedly my 2020 M1 MBP is not a speed demon, but I feel like Hookmark has gotten slower.

Could this relate to the number of hookmarks I have? It’s 5765—is that high? Just average? Either way, I would appreciate an affordance to delete large numbers of them at a stroke. A page at a time is just too slow. (I pretty much only ever use Hookmark to link to OmniFocus tasks, so once the hookmarks are like 3 months old or something I would feel very safe in deleting them.)

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I also have an m1 and am planning to get an m5 studio in 2026 but do not think that could be your problem. I am able to do 3d rendering with my machine with low memory and of course heat pours out from the bottom of the iMac so m1 is still quite a good machine — still powerful in some respects.

I have half your size database so I cannot speak on the size causing problems but I did have a slowdown along with inability to do bidirectional links. I was told to export my bookmarks, delete the program and reinstall it, and import the bookmarks back in. It has been working great ever since with Hookmark window coming up instantaneously.

All I am saying is don’t start deleting bookmarks until you have tried some other thing first. I am sure Hookmark support will come to the rescue as they did for me.

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Hookmark should work fine with 5765 links.

Since which version of Hookmark did you notice Hookmark becomes slower? Is Hookmark slow when there is no links in Hooked section?

What’s your OnmiFocus version?

Thank you

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Hookmark is working . . . fine. Just feels a bit slower than I remember it once doing.

My current Hookmark version is 6.12 (6436; Integration v. 402). I have no idea what was the last version that I felt was faster. I’m not even sure whether it was a step change or a gradual one.

Yes, the speed feels the same whether I’m on a previously hooked item or not. (Good question! I didn’t think to check that.)

My OmniFocus version is 4.8.6 (v185.4.0). Thanks!

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Thank you, @TLM .

You can try export and import database and see if it helps. If you have never turned your sync on, you can ignore the steps related to syncs.

  1. Disable Hookmark’s sync on all your Macs.

  2. Force quit Hookmark Pal on all your mobile devices.

  3. Delete Hookmark’s sync folder.

  4. Quit Hookmark on all your Macs.

  5. Make sure the sync folder has not reappeared, if so delete it again.

  6. Launch Hookmark for Mac on one of your Macs.

  7. From one of Hookmark’s Gear buttons, Export your Hookmark database. Follow the dialog box’s instructions.

  8. Quit and relaunch Hookmark for Mac.

  9. From one of Hookmark’s Gear buttons, import that database. Follow the dialog box’s instructions.

  10. Verify whether this has solved the problem.

  11. Re-enable sync if you are using Hookmark Pal or have multiple Macs.