May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
I have a Network Attached Storage box so that I can cheaply store bazillions of image files. If need be, I can copy things to and from my laptop's SSD for processing, but I wonder if it's the file mapper that's dogging so badly. If I set the working folder to one on my local device, and then created a symlink to the remote folder with the files, think that would speed things up? (Not sure my OS can actually do that, but it might be worth a try.)
Alternatively, can I tell APP to use a location other than the working directory for fast cached storage such as (I imagine) the file mapper?
Processing via a NAS over a network will be incredibly slow as APP is using disk access a lot. A SSD locally is then optimal. A symlink to the NAS will then be the same thing, it still needs to access the files over the network.
Maybe a raid 0 or 1 (or 10 if you have >4 disks) and a SSD Cache disk can speed up the things a little bit ...
Best,
Luciano
