Creating a new library in JabRef 5.3 takes 6 seconds on macOS 11.4

[homocomputeris]

JabRef 5.3--2021-07-05--50c96a2
Mac OS X 11.4 x86_64
Java 16.0.1
JavaFX 16+8

• Mandatory: I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/main and the problem persists

Simple basic operations (create a library, add an entry, etc.) take a lot of time.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install JabRef or download a dev version
2. Open JabRef
3. Press 'New library'
4. Rotating colourful wheel is shown instead of cursor (not seen on the video)

jabref_53_macos.mov

[Siedlerchr]

Hi, just one question, do you have an M1 based Mac?

[homocomputeris]

Hi.
Yes, this video was recorded on M1. However, with 5.2 I experienced the same issues (very similar to #7441) on Intel.
I'll check 5.3 again on Intel.

I do know that on Linux it runs smoothly.

[Siedlerchr]

We hope that we can soon switch to jdk17 and javafx17, which hopefully should bring performance improvements for m1 macs as well.
On my Intel macbook I see no issues
Refs #7175

[homocomputeris]

It's basically the same on Intel
JabRef 5.3--2021-07-05--50c96a2
Mac OS X 11.4 x86_64
Java 16.0.1
JavaFX 16+8

jabref_intel.mov

[Siedlerchr]

@homocomputeris Can you please try Version 5.8? It is now compiled for ARM64/M1 as well

[homocomputeris]

In 5.8 it takes ~1 s.