hello,
newly installed (as of yesterday) adobe bridge 2021 mac version causes very heavy GPU load on activity monitor in macos catalina (up to 2.000 %)
can you please help to fix this bothersome issue which makes fans works like crazy and make unbearable noise, which is very unusual for macs.
the sound and CPU usage stop as soon as i quit, and start as soon as i open bridge.
very disturbing, PLEASE HELP!!!
thanks, murat.
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I’m not sure if this is a fix, but here is something to try:
It is possible that the high CPU/GPU usage is because Bridge might be set to pre-build previews for files in folders you browse with Bridge, especially if they are folders with large number of raw files. If a folder, collection, or search result has 200 files, Bridge will start rendering 200 previews. If this is the cause, you might be able to cut CPU/GPU usage by setting Bridge to use embedded previews instead of making its own, and to defer preview generation until you select a file.
Click the Thumbnail Quality/Preview Generation icon in the path bar and check these settings:
The settings below should use the least CPU/GPU by displaying embedded previews if available, so Bridge does not have to render its own.
This settings below might be the default, and if they are on for you, Bridge starts getting busy rendering high quality previews for files every time you change which folder/collection is selected, unless rendered previews already exist.
Although the settings in the first picture use less computer power, there is a tradeoff: When you select a file, it will take longer for the Preview panel to show a preview with up-to-date edit settings, because Bridge was prevented from generating previews in advance.
After previews are generated, they are cached so that in theory it doesn’t have to spend CPU/GPU re-rendering previews when you come back to a folder. You can manage them using the Cache preferences and the commands on the Tools > Cache submenu. If you use those tools to purge the cache for a folder, the next time you select that folder Bridge is going to have to go back and re-render any previews in it that you need, consuming CPU/GPU again. The more free space your storage has, the bigger you can set the cache size, so fewer previews get purged and re-rendered, using less CPU/GPU.
If this seems to happen with a new version, upgrading might make Bridge reset its caches, but I’m not sure. If that’s what it is, then all you need is patience, because after Bridge renders and caches previews for a folder it shoudn’t have to do them again for a while. After that point, Bridge should only need to hike up CPU/GPU usage when you select a folder with files you have not viewed before, or if many files in it were edited recently, or if its cache got purged.
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