That sounds incredibly frustrating, especially when you're trying to get into a creative flow. It's a known issue with the Photoshop 2026 (v27.x) update, often tied to how the new version handles the Home Screen, GPU handshaking, or corrupted workspace caches. Since you're running a pretty beefy setup (likely your Samsung Fold 7 for mobile or your dev machine with that QNAP core switch), you shouldn't be seeing this. Here is a prioritized list of fixes to stop that start-up stutter.
It's a known issue with 3 different causes and it shouldn't be happening because of 3 random tech-adjacent things Gemini knows about me.
Tell me you don't have a clue without telling me you don't have a clue. 🙄
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