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Adobe Bridge - excessive processor usage

  • December 2, 2019
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I have had this problem for some time but now my Mac can take the issue any longer. When I boot Bridge the Processor goes to 99% usage (without opening an image!!) and the temperature rises to 65deg C. It almost stops working. Photoshop is fine and all other programmes run fine. I have un-installed / reinstalled Bridge, deleleted all temp and cached files but to to no avial ! I have run anti virus and run clean my Mac.

 

Can anyone help! 

 

Thanks Chrog. 

 

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    Correct answer Conrad_C

    See if my response in another thread helps (see link below).

    Adobe bridge 2021 mac version causes very heavy GPU load on activity monitor

     

    Some said it did help. It’s based on the idea that high CPU/GPU usage might be because Bridge builds high-quality previews of all items in a folder as soon as you view that folder. But by changing settings, you can set Bridge to use low-quality previews first, and defer processor-intensive high-quality preview rendering until an item is selected, or on demand only.

     

    You say “without opening an image” but Bridge and other file browsers don’t “open” images to edit them (except when you open an image in Camera Raw). They view whole folders, and that is why this can be so processor intensive.  If Bridge is pointed to a folder containing 200 items it will start rendering previews for those 200 items, and the computer will be busy until 200 previews are done. Unless the settings are changed.

     

    If changing the Bridge preview generation settings help, then this isn’t a bug. Lightroom Classic has similar behavior which causes similar complaints, and there too I prevent CPU/GPU issues by having it use embedded previews first and not render previews until I ask it to.

     

    This issue may have gotten worse lately because sensor and display resolutions have gone up. 200 1:1 previews of 36-megapixel raw images are much more intensive to generate than for 12-megapixel images. Or if the previews are set to display size, 200 previews for a new 4K display are much more intensive to generate than for a 1080p display.

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    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 7, 2021

    See if my response in another thread helps (see link below).

    Adobe bridge 2021 mac version causes very heavy GPU load on activity monitor

     

    Some said it did help. It’s based on the idea that high CPU/GPU usage might be because Bridge builds high-quality previews of all items in a folder as soon as you view that folder. But by changing settings, you can set Bridge to use low-quality previews first, and defer processor-intensive high-quality preview rendering until an item is selected, or on demand only.

     

    You say “without opening an image” but Bridge and other file browsers don’t “open” images to edit them (except when you open an image in Camera Raw). They view whole folders, and that is why this can be so processor intensive.  If Bridge is pointed to a folder containing 200 items it will start rendering previews for those 200 items, and the computer will be busy until 200 previews are done. Unless the settings are changed.

     

    If changing the Bridge preview generation settings help, then this isn’t a bug. Lightroom Classic has similar behavior which causes similar complaints, and there too I prevent CPU/GPU issues by having it use embedded previews first and not render previews until I ask it to.

     

    This issue may have gotten worse lately because sensor and display resolutions have gone up. 200 1:1 previews of 36-megapixel raw images are much more intensive to generate than for 12-megapixel images. Or if the previews are set to display size, 200 previews for a new 4K display are much more intensive to generate than for a 1080p display.

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      stephenv70437356
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      January 7, 2021

      So let me get this straight Conrad.  You think Adobe is doing okay given the large resolution cameras these days?  Why is it that a Software Giant like Adobe, awash with subscription cash can't get their software to work as fast on high-end i7 and above CPU's with 64Gb of RAM and fast GPU's writing to SSD's as quickly as say....oh I don't know, maybe a Digital SLR shooting RAW plus JPEG to separate cards simultaneously whilst applying things like picture styles, custom white balances, and noise reduction at 10 frames per second?  Even the buffer usually only takes a couple of seconds to write to the cards.

      Adobe needs to try harder.

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      stephenv70437356
      Known Participant
      January 7, 2021

      Oh, and the camera does it using a lithium-ion battery with limited voltage and amperage.

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      stephenv70437356
      Known Participant
      January 6, 2021

      CHROG go to this article and see if it helps you.  It fixed my crashing problem and helped slightly with speed.  Adobe still hogs the CPU though.

      https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html

      jbm007
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      jbm007Community Expert
      Community Expert
      December 3, 2019

      which OS version

      laptop or desktop?

      which version of Bridge?

      how many files are in th folder?

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      CHROGAuthor
      Participant
      December 3, 2019

      Hi,  to answer your questions and bear in mind this is not a new problem, the Mac has been suffering for some months but is now unusable. 
      OS Version 10.13.6DesktopBridge 10.0.0.124number of files in folder. 1,000's. I have 4Tb of files / folders with years of photography however 75% of these are on an external drive and then backed up on the Cloud.  My current hard drive has 750 Gb space (on a 1 Tb disc) 


      Any help appreciated 
      Thanks 

      jbm007
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      jbm007Community Expert
      Community Expert
      December 3, 2019

      Not sure why this marked as correct answer.

      There are various issues which effect the performance of Bridge.

      Having 1000s of files in one folder is asking for trouble and slowness

      I have 190,000 files on  a 32 TB raid array. I have learned to limit my folders to 500 files max with no sub folders.

      I have a 32 TB network NAS for back up, and use Sysnolgy for cloud back up.

      And yes Bridge is slow.  I have two computers linked to this configuration.

      Mac pro  and a custom machine that is rated 92% above any machine that has had its passmark score registered.

      For some reason its slower on a MAC os then windows. 

      Part of the problem is that most of use are using pre 2018 computers.

      Apple is not in the hardware business.... remember.

      and then there is catalina...........

      So its just not that easy offer a simple solution that fits everyones problems.

       

       

      Just Shoot Me
      Just Shoot Me
      Legend
      December 2, 2019

      You should be postiing in the Bridge forum.

      Someone moved it.

       

       

       

      But I see the same, similar, thing on a Win 10 system. It is my Opinion that Bridge is indexing your image files.

       

      IIRC In older versions of bridge there use to be a Status Bar at the bottom and everytime I changed from one folder to another it would show Indexing X (number) images out of Y (number) of images.

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