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lrl117
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March 25, 2012

P: LR4 is slow to move photos from one folder to another compared to LR3

  • March 25, 2012
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I am using LR4 on a Mac with 8 gb ram, I7 processor and OSX.
I have been using LR since LR1. LR4 is terribly slow. Trying to move photos from one folder to another takes about 20-30 seconds per folder on file sizes of about 6 to 12 mb. Is Adobe aware of this? If they are, I'll be patient. If not, it will force me to consider changing programs.

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    Bec Sowada
    Adobe Employee
    March 26, 2012
    Hi Lance,

    I don't see a slowdown in moving photos from one folder to another, at least not compared to Lightroom 3. It takes my Mac 2-3 seconds to move a 20 MB photo. Are you trying to move photos to a different drive, or to a different folder on the same drive? Does the drive you're moving them to have a lot of free disk space?

    As a test, try moving the same photo to the same location directly in Mac Finder, and see how long that takes compared to Lightroom. (I'm not suggesting this as a solution, just as a troubleshooting/comparison step.)

    Thanks,
    Becky
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    lrl117Author
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    March 25, 2012
    to correct my post: I meant to say 20-30 sec per picture.
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