digikam 5.1.0 start-up hanging on OSX

[Pingu-Mann-Zɔro]

Hi all,

after not being able to carry on further with this issue, I returned
again today and installed DK 3.5.0.

The reading of the collections problem and bug 367853 still seems to exist.
<https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853>

@Gilles Caulier,
"I also shared a new fresh PKG installer in this entry, if you is
interested." I tried to download your suggested installer, Unfortunately
The link is dead now.

Andrea: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853#c4 also reports to
have tried it, without result.

Any new info on the issue?

System now:
DigiKam 5.3.0
MacOS Sierra, MacBookPro 17" 16GB RAM i7 CPU, 2011, 850GB SSD for
Applications & 2TB HDD for Data in DVD Bay, both on same SATAIII bus.
Photos & iPhoto were not used, negating large db problems with them.
Attachment of Hangup screen -- It remains there for hours (tested up to 6):
 
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Process:               digikam [44928]
Path:                  /opt/digikam/*/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam
Identifier:            digikam
Version:               5.3.0 (5.3.0)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           digikam [44928]
User ID:               501
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.12.2 (16C67)
___________

Regards,
Pingumann0



On 27/08/2016 10:42, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Please see bug 367853 <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853>
>
> I also shared a new fresh PKG installer in this entry, if you is
> interested.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2016-08-25 9:29 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com
> <mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>
>     2016-08-24 18:58 GMT+02:00 Pingu-Mann-Zɔro <pingumann0 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:pingumann0 at gmail.com>>:
>
>         No. the HDD is in the DVD Bay, connected to the SATAIII bus.
>         It has the same bus as the SSD. The older Intel-Macs
>         (Jobs-Era) only have USB2, so USB2 attached Drives are a pain
>         in the A. I now use a BlueRay-DVD over the USB2, in the rather
>         few times I need it these days.
>
>         I keep Data separate from OS for obvious reasons, and removed
>         the less needed DVD.
>
>         The only possible issue can perhaps be that the Data on the
>         HDD is soft linked in the /Users/User-Name/Pictures directory
>         to standard the "Pictures" directory of the OSX system. It has
>         worked very well without any issues with all OSX 8-10 versions
>         till now.
>
>         I heard that sqlite is rather lite-wheight in speed. Anyone
>         tried a MySQL set-up locally on a MBP?
>
>
>     Me on my macbook pro. The server was installed on configured in my
>     Linux desktop for testing. It work, but take a care that wiki
>     connection will slow down digiKam. Using ethernet give better results.
>
>     Gilles Caulier
>
>