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burgmann0
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January 26, 2015

P: Performance problems iMac Retina 5k

  • January 26, 2015
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I've been using the new imac retina, and i have enormous problems with the performance of Photoshop. If i for example use the selective color correction, this does not run smoothly. Other functions also work delayed. I noticed if i do not use Photoshop in full screen mode, everything goes back to normal. A friend used the predecessor model imac without 5k resolution, but has no problems. I suspect Photoshop has problems with the resolution of 5k. I hope Adobe fix this problems because Photoshop works slow and delayed, the performance is terrible. I bought the retina iMac 5k, since my previous mac is getting old and slow. But now is it so, that my new retina iMac, run equal slowly as my old iMac. Adobe please fix this problems, so i cannot work.

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105 replies

Participant
January 29, 2015
Let's hope Adobe gonna hear the scream for from increasing community of iMac 5k
Inspiring
January 29, 2015
I'm having this same problem. I was expecting a major improvement after upgrading to the imac 5k and lightroom is running way slower than on my old machine. Looking forward to that update!
burgmann0
burgmann0Author
Participating Frequently
January 28, 2015
Thanks Adam,for your efforts. I hope it will be found a solution.

Greetings,
Manuel
Participant
January 28, 2015
sounds promising. The more iMacs 5k sold the better community of frustrated users who are awaiting solution
Adam Jerugim
Inspiring
January 28, 2015
We're now able to reproduce the slowdown you're seeing. Now investigating what it would take to get it working better on those devices. Stay tuned for an update soon.

Thanks,
Adam
Participant
January 28, 2015
I have the same setup as Manuel, just Radeon 295 4GB

Maybe after upgrading to 10.10.2 is a bit better. I say, a bit. or I am getting used to it. But it is far from acceptable on such a powerful machine, though.

Strongly hope Adobe will update soon...
burgmann0
burgmann0Author
Participating Frequently
January 27, 2015
I've noticed something else. When i change in my display setups on my Mac the resolution from "Default for display (looks like 2.560*1.440)" to 2.048*1.152, everything runs normal.
burgmann0
burgmann0Author
Participating Frequently
January 27, 2015
Thanks for your help Adam. Now i have installed the latest update 10.10.2 and tried it with cmd+r, but with no improvement.
Adam Jerugim
Inspiring
January 27, 2015
Also, I would suggest upgrading to 10.10.2 (which was recently released) to see if that helps as well.
Adam Jerugim
Inspiring
January 27, 2015
I'm setting up my system to try to use your exact steps, in the meantime, can you tell me if turning off Rulers (cmd-R) speeds up performance on your system?