Bridge 2024: VERY SLOW Output module on Mac M1 Max

[Michael Ezra]

I am generating contactsheets using Bridge Output module.

Issue: it takes over 30 minutes to generate a contactsheet from 200 JPG files.

My Setup:

• My computer is SUPER fast in general - e.g. using Camera Raw, RAW conversion of 200 NEF takes 2-3 minutes.
• M1 Max; 64 GB RAM; FAST NVME SSD
• MacOS: Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224) - the latest version
• Bridge 2024 - the latest version.
• Input images: 36 Megapixel 10 MB each, with previews already rendered in Bridge
• Output: PDF contactsheet

Obsevations:

• I've experienced this issue for many prior generations of Bridge on MacOS
• When contactsheet is being generated, I obseve that .jpg files are getting created at this path:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge 2024/OutputModule/ImageCache

These jpg-s are appearing VERY SLOWLY, and they are just ~500 KB each.

• While contacheet generation is executing, the progress bar starts at 25% and stays there the entire time. There is a message in same dialog with duration estimation of 1 second. This takes over 30 minutes!

Steps taken - WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT.

1. Provided Read/Write access to all accounts for
   • /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe
   • /Users/Library/Application Support/Adobe
2. Deleted Bridge Cache
3. Reset Bridge Preferences
4. Disabled all startup scripts
5. Rebooted computer, started Bridge only. Executed contasheet generation

Please help. This is an unreasonable slowness that makes the Bridge Outout module basically unusable.

Thanks!

[Michael Ezra]

Another obsevation:

When Resolution is set to 72 ppi, Contactsheet is rendered almost instateneously

When Resolution is set to 300 ppi, thats when it becomes very slow

[Michael Ezra]

Another observation:

sometimes Estimated time is shown and most of the time it is not shown:

repeatedly clicking this dialog seems to help to move things forward a bit, the process seems to wake up after clicks. but it is just unbearably Slooooooooow.

[Michael Ezra]

Is anyone from Adobe monitoring this at all?

I opened a support case and was told to post information here to get attentino of developers.

Could I please get your attention and help in resolving this issue?

[Lumigraphics]

Does this happen with older versions of Bridge? I still use Bridge 2022 because the rewrite is a mess.

[Michael Ezra]

Yes, this has been a recurring issue for me for years.

[Lumigraphics]

I frequently use the aoutput module, used to be on Windows and now on Mac, sometimes thousands of images, and it works great. No slowdowns.

[Michael Ezra]

Could you please try these settings, with images in portrait orientation:

How long does it take for 100 images?

[Michael Ezra]

The amount of support from Adobe is clearly overwhealming...

[scalderbank]

I am having major issues with Bridge also.  I am on a Mac Studio. I contacted Adobe and the solution provided was "use an earlier version"