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NunoMCastro
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December 15, 2017
Question

Lightroom CC slow scrolling and animations.

  • December 15, 2017
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Hello.

So, I changed computer to a 2017 i7 iMac and on this machine the scrolling is unbearable slow. At this moment I have about 1000 photos there and if I go to the "All Photos" tab, everything slows to a crawl. The scroll takes ages and the panels animations to open/close are in slow motion.

Anyone else experiencing this? I'm saving locally both the originals and the smart previews and I didn't imposed any % to limit the space Lightroom can use.

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    prudhommea
    Participant
    January 8, 2018

    I am also experiencing this issue. Scrolling is unbearably choppy and most other actions are quite slow, this is all on a new 4K iMac. I see better performance on my 6 year old MacBook Air.

    I can understand launching a product that doesn't replicate all of the features of the tool that it's replacing, but I can't appreciate launching something that doesn't even function properly.

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      askielboe
      Participant
      December 29, 2017

      Same issue on a brand new 2017 MacBook Pro 15", 16 GB RAM etc. Very slow/choppy scrolling.

      Scrolling on my old 2011 MacBook Pro is nice and smooth.

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      askielboe
      Participant
      December 29, 2017

      Turning down the resolution definitely helps a lot!

      Interestingly, the number of photos shown in the grid view does not seem to impact scrolling significantly, but screen resolution definitely does.

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      NunoMCastroAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 18, 2017

      So, no one else has this problem? Slow scrolling on the new Lightroom CC?

      mgamadeus
      mgamadeus
      Participant
      December 21, 2017

      Same Problem on 2016 MBP 15“ (best processor available, dedicated radeon graphics).

      My assumption is, the problem is worse on Retina Screens. The Scolling in the Laptop itsself is really bad, but if you put lightroom on a 5K Display, you can scroll up and down some times, then lay back and watch the conputer executing the scrolling inputs the next 15 seconds.

      I think Adobe does not care, as their Software usually is an UX Desaster.

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        NunoMCastroAuthor
        Inspiring
        December 15, 2017

        Another thing, I didn't had this problem on my MBP that Is from 2011! It was not the smoothest experience ever and there was some choppiness, but nowhere near what I'm getting on this machine. Plus its 7 years older. On the laptop I had only the previews stored locally.

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