@ Bob, thanks Bob, this must be the first constructive suggestion I have seen in this thread on how to possibly solve the speed issues. I hadnt read anywhere that there was a downside to just upgrading LR2.7 catalogue to LR3 which is exactly what i did rather than new catalogue and import. I am not sure what i may loose? by creating a new catalogue rather than using the existing upgraded one but as long as it retains ratings, keywords, develop history etc etc then i am willing to trade most things just to get a workable solution again... Just about every routine in LR3 has been slower compared to 2.7, even the backup option takes for ever which used to be a couple minutes tops. Thanks for your guidance, as soon as my pc eventually completes the saving of metadata to files, now in its 18th hour at 80% i will give this a try any advice on how to create the new catalogue etc would be appreciated alan
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