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August 18, 2026
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Lightroom is incredibly slow to un-useable. I can use LrC with no problems on my M2 MacBook with 24Gb RAM Memory. I have cleared cache and cleaned my hard rive so plenty of space. all photos held on external 1Tb hard drive as well.

  • August 18, 2026
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Lightroom is incredibly slow to un-useable. I can use LrC with no problems on my M2 MacBook with 24Gb RAM Memory. I have cleared cache and cleaned my hard rive so plenty of space. all photos held on external 1Tb hard drive as well.

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    Participant
    August 18, 2026

    All actions. I have been trying to complete basic edits to Raw files and are so slow to complete. When I tried to remix a picture within the community the application froze and I had to force close the application. This is been like this since I completed the last update. Lr mobile works fine on IPhone 17 Pro Max as does LrC and Photoshop on my MacBook. I also use Insta360 suit on my MacBook and no issues with that either. 

    dj_paige
    Legend
    August 18, 2026

    Yes, but what about my other questions? I don’t see an answer.

    dj_paige
    Legend
    August 18, 2026

    What specific actions are slow? Please be specific and detailed.

    What version NUMBER of LrC? Please provide the version NUMBER and not words like “Latest” or “Up-to-date”.

    What version NUMBER of MacOS? Please provide the version NUMBER and not words like “Latest” or “Up-to-date”.

    PS: This stoopid new forum confuses a lot of people, when you type a question the first box is for your title (even though it doesn’t say that), a few descriptive words is fine; in the next box you type your problem details. We don’t need the same text twice.

    Participant
    August 18, 2026

    Litterally everything, exposure, colour, masks, deniose everything and then the application freezes, don’t think I can be any clearer. 
     

    Version v9.6 which on creative cloud dash board it states it is the latest and I have no update available. MacOS Tahoe 26.6.1 with a . Update scheduled for tonight

    dj_paige
    Legend
    August 18, 2026

    You are not using Lightroom Classic (Version 9.6 is not Lightroom Classic), but you have posted in the Lightroom Classic forum. Please post your question in the Lightroom (Ecosystem) forum