Though Apple likes to call their new hardware SOC (System On a Chip) it actually is a "System on a package". The memory is a seperate part of a pre-configured package, is not "unified", is on a fast BUS, and can not be changed. You have to order the size configuration you want. That aside, I doubt it is the bottle-neck. Something I have noticed is that the longer Lr runs on mac - the more memory it takes. That is a memory leak by either the OS memory handling, or Adobe's code.
I did what Kevin suggested, and I got a warning notification that disabling the "auto" gpu usage would have negative performance results. It did. However, it managed to import a 14k photo folder without crashing. I know of two bottle-necks. I'm doing this through wifi, and a cat5 cable would be way faster. The other potential factor is I am letting face recognition run concurrently with the imports. I have machines with 64gb, 32gb. 16gb, and 8gb of RAM. Almost always. when you go beyond 16gb - scheduling actually slows things down.
I'm still chuffed about the base mini. It is more computer than 99% of the world needs. Certainly more than any photographer needs. Of course, there are always people that have to have the biggest, fastest, newest thing out there.
leighton w wrote: James Markus wrote:
More IR from Paw Paw Park 5DmkIi w-the 20mm f2.8 ais
6 vertical image stitch from under a huge oak looking over a large meadow
The Paw Paw river
The first one is outstanding Jim. You were spot on with the composition.
BTW, I think the hang up in your file transfer is probably the 8gb ram instead of anything with LR, but I'm no expert.
Sep 03, 2023 at 08:50 AM
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