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Levitron
06-04-2010, 10:16 AM
http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/03/five_ways_to_speed_up_lightroo.html

With me being on a slower computer, using some of these tips are helpful.

I found that by increasing my RAW Cache, it's performing a lot better too when going back and forth photos in my catalog. Setting it at or above 20gb is ideal.
rageguy
06-04-2010, 03:33 PM
Useful tips. Even on my new iMac, Lightroom takes 40 seconds to open!
rwong2k
06-04-2010, 03:55 PM
great link thx for sharing
Senna4ever
06-04-2010, 05:59 PM
Useful tips. Even on my new iMac, Lightroom takes 40 seconds to open!
On my 3Ghz 17" Macbook Pro, LR2 takes 10 seconds to start up. Why is yours so slow?

:confused:
Levitron
06-04-2010, 07:39 PM
Useful tips. Even on my new iMac, Lightroom takes 40 seconds to open!

Maybe try optimizing your catalog?
Hehe
06-05-2010, 12:13 AM
Try buying a cheap SSD (30GB) and run your catalog from there.

I have swapped my imac HDD with SSD, and everything is loaded within 5sec after I press it.

For people who have a huge catalog, invest in a SSD, you won't look back once you try it.
keitaro
06-06-2010, 03:51 PM
On my 3Ghz 17" Macbook Pro, LR2 takes 10 seconds to start up. Why is yours so slow?

:confused:

it takes roughly the same on my 2.66 15" Macbook Pro.
rageguy
06-10-2010, 09:47 PM
On my 3Ghz 17" Macbook Pro, LR2 takes 10 seconds to start up. Why is yours so slow?

:confused:
Maybe try optimizing your catalog?

Just optimized it. Went down to 20 seconds! I wish mine takes 10 seconds or so to open up. My library isn't that big either, at only 30gb and 2500 pictures. Sigh.
Levitron
06-10-2010, 10:16 PM
Just optimized it. Went down to 20 seconds! I wish mine takes 10 seconds or so to open up. My library isn't that big either, at only 30gb and 2500 pictures. Sigh.

Mine takes about 15-17 seconds to open up.

Perhaps the location of your files is on drive that's "sleeping"?
Senna4ever
06-10-2010, 11:17 PM
I have 100,000+ images...doesn't feel too slow, but there is a huge difference (obviously) rendering my 5DmkII 21MP RAW files vs. my 6MP Minolta 7D RAW & 12MP Sony A700 RAW files.
Mananetwork
06-11-2010, 01:46 AM
Lets compare who has the biggest LR catalog file.. 400,000kb .. I win!
Senna4ever
06-11-2010, 02:07 AM
Isn't 400,000kb = 400MB? ..or is my math wrong? I need to sleep...... :p
Mananetwork
06-11-2010, 06:53 AM
Isn't 400,000kb = 400MB? ..or is my math wrong? I need to sleep...... :p

u. r. correct
dspirit79
06-16-2010, 08:30 AM
Lets compare who has the biggest LR catalog file.. 400,000kb .. I win!

Err... no... 1.61Gb...

I win. :thumbsup: