Archive 2012 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

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p.1 #1 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

Since I upgraded to the D800 Lightroom has been a bit slow at times...and I suspect it has to do with the RAM which is allocated to the program.

My system is definitely fast enough, as I am running an iMac i7 along with 16GB of RAM and SSD.

I have been able to "upgrade" Photoshop by launching in 64 bit and upping the RAM from 2GB to 10GB...since then, Photoshop runs instantly, even on 250MB TIFF files...

I have played around a bit with Lightroom but can't seem to find where I could increase to RAM allocated.

Thanks for your help

Mark

Jun 20, 2012 at 09:49 AM

Mr Joe
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p.1 #2 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

Will be interested to hear responses to this as I'm also on an i7 Mac with 16GB of RAM and contemplating a higher MP camera.

Jun 20, 2012 at 02:15 PM

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p.1 #3 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

You don't need to set memory limits (and can't). Lightroom will automatically allocate as much as it needs.

Photoshop, being a positively ancient application, is carrying a lot of baggage�manual memory allocation is part of that.

Jun 20, 2012 at 03:52 PM

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p.1 #4 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

I've found that clearing the data cache and rendering the files at either Standard or 1:1 greatly improve performance. But I, too have been having a little bit of trouble.

Jun 27, 2012 at 12:25 PM

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p.1 #5 · Lightroom 4 Speed on Mac

This is a speed test for downloading and browsing speed in Aperture, Lightroom and Photo Mechanic:

http://www.apertureexpert.com/tips/2012/6/19/import-browse-test-aperture-vs-lightroom-vs-photo-mechanic.html

Jul 03, 2012 at 10:58 PM


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