Select any image in the filmstrip and it takes 30-45 seconds

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June 23, 2025
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I hoped to see an update of LR Classic because the performance is so bad. Culling is nearly impossible. I can select any image in the filmstrip and it takes 30-45 seconds before the image shows up. The same with inserting development setting (synchronizing in development) or even setting star rating. I don't know what happend since the latest release? It's just a small catalog of around 4000 images.

Macbook M1 max, Sequoia 15.5, 1TB ssd, 32Gb Memory

Am I the only one having performance problems?

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saitejagopi2894

Adobe Employee

@Drugstore @daerp

Thanks for posting. I hope you're currently using version 14.4. Could you please try the following steps and let us know if you notice any performance improvements?

Performance Optimization Steps:

Go to Preferences → Performance
Under Camera Raw Cache Settings, click Purge Cache
After purging the cache, restart your machine

Let us know how it goes!

Claire H.

Community Manager

Hi @Drugstore, I'm just checking in to see if the suggestion helped or if you are still running into this issue? Let us know how things are going. Happy to keep troubleshooting with you if needed. Thanks! ^CH

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daerp

Inspiring

I, too, am experiencing performance problems. Very slow response times occur when deleting images, setting ratings, editing in the Develop module. LRC used to operate smoothly, but recent updates seem to be problematic. I'm running on an iMac with an up to date system.

Ian Lyons

Community Expert

@daerp

Please share your System Info. This can be obtained using LrC Help > System Info menu item. Use the Copy button at top right corner of the dialog to capture the info, then paste into your next forum post

It would also be helpful if you could provide details on the number of photos in your catalog along with the amount of spare space on the drive used for your catalog and photos.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

I have the same Mac as you, and I have no performance problems like that at all with a 200,000+ catalog. The only suggestion I have is to turn off 'Automatically write changes to XMP' is that is turned on right now.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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