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October 22, 2020

P: Slow UI when using Mac and Custom Display Profile

  • October 22, 2020
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Hello,

 

Since upgrading to Lightroom Classic v10.0, all UI-related functionality is painfully slow. All editing functions are working correctly and quickly but scrolling through the catalogue or even scrolling a side panel is taking many long seconds to refresh. Unreasonably long.

 

Disabling GPU Accellaration has no affect on my Lightroom's performance.

 

macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5

32 GB 1866 MHz DDR3

AMD FirePro D700 6 GB

 

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
December 18, 2020

For those of you new to this thread, make sure you are hitting the "Like" button at the top of this thread so that we can keep an accurate count of those of you still experiencing this issue. 

Additionally, there is an Official Response on page one of this thread containing diagnosis steps and workarounds as well as updates when additional information becomes available. 

Thank you for your reporting and your continued patience. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Was DYP
Inspiring
December 17, 2020

From my experience I would guess it is probably the GPU and/or its drivers.

I would make a test clean install partition on the machine that has the problems and see if it makes any difference. If not then it is probably the GPU and/or its drivers

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
December 17, 2020

SSD: This is kind of old but I believe still pertinent and very well researched and written:

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/blog/will-an-ssd-improve-adobe-lightroom-performance/

You can scroll to the conclusions if you want it 'quick and clean'.  

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Inspiring
December 17, 2020

Yeah... None of these hot fixes bring sufficient relief. I downgraded to 9.4 and I'm working with an older catalog for now – until –or if– this can be resolved. Sometimes updating just does not make sense & the older version performs exactly as it should.

nitin.chandra
Participating Frequently
December 17, 2020

I have around 30k+ images in one catalog and have all the previews built (I leave it overnight to build previews on a fresh install). Works fine on my iMac and MacBook Pro. Maybe having the catalog and previews on a SSD helps...

This is not applicable to LR 10 though...9.4 works fine.

Known Participant
December 17, 2020

*Markus Hartel

 

Some reading this forum will identify temporary solutions as your machine has plenty of power. I'd start with comparing your slow and fast systems to find the differences:

  • plugins 
  • monitor calibration 
  • monitor color space
  • ... 

Yes we windows users have experienced very few problems with V10 and even fewer with V10.1 but I assume that you have a good business reason for choosing Apple products. 

Inspiring
December 17, 2020

So glad I had a chance to read that you liked his workshop! 😜 Not the correct venue for personal messages.

Participating Frequently
December 17, 2020

Easy to explain: goto grid and move from one picture to the other an wait for the spinning beach ball… for ages.. its damn slow just to display the pictures. Okay, I’ve got a couple, bit is 10.000+ really an issue for a professional app? - this relates to 10.1 - 9.4 is okay-ish but could be faster..

Best

Sven

nitin.chandra
Participating Frequently
December 17, 2020

Just curious @eschhols, what is slow in 9.4? Just generally slow or any comparison to some?

Inspiring
December 17, 2020

Hi Markus, hope you’re well. I did a workshop with you in NYC a good few years ago when I was visiting from Scotland. Itching to come back.