Lightroom Classic Export extremely slow (Mac Studio with ultra chip)

[Shawn Cain]

Why is it that I got a $4000 machine and simple lightroom processing and exporting RAW's to JPEGS extermly slow???

I was processing 79 RAWS into proofs for my clinet and it took almost 7min which is slower than my PC from 10 years ago! 

This issue needs to be addresed 

[johnrellis]

Many have reported problems with slow exports recently.  First troubleshooting steps to identify possible workarounds:

- Set Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor to Off.  Do exports go faster?

- If you're exporting with a watermark, does exporting without a watermark go faster?

- In the progress bar in the upper-right corner, do you see an initial delay of 30 seconds to a couple minutes, and then exports proceed at a more normal speed?