Lightroom is really slow on the new best MacBook Pro 15inc

I have the same issues.  Lightroom was never a problem but recently I have noticed it is lagging and it is nearly impossible to use brushes or spot removal.  dj_paige please if you are still here don't ask me any questions you don't seem to understand what you are speaking about and your tone above is questionable.

Hi,

i have the same with a macbook pro 15 late 2016.

I use Lr classic 8.3.1

Did you find any solutions ?

Thanks

Hey all,

I had the same issue on my MBP 2017 15" with Lightroom Classic CC 2019 until I unchecked "Use Graphics Processor" option in the Performance tab of Preferences window. Hope this will help someone to resolve annoying interface lags

Hey, guys, I am having the same problem. Every time I load my raw files and I am in the develop screen and going through my photos it takes its sweet time.

I have a MacBook Pro Touchbar 2017 -

Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Radeon Pro 555 2048 MB

Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I tried going to preferences > use graphics processor? should that box be checked or no? Because it was already checked and it was running rather slow. I unchecked it, I am hoping that solves my issue.

I just bought 2018 MacBook 13" with Core i7, 16GB and 512 GB SSD, thought of returning my just bought 2018 MacBook 13" Core i5, 8GB and 512 GB just to see any difference in processing speeds.

After comparing the two my conclusion (not solution) is:

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator works fine on both machines while Adobe Lightroom Classic lags heavily, CPU is all the time on high temperature, running fans loudly. I already posted support enquiry and got no solution from Adobe.

I have a similar spec PC and I must say, Lightroom doesn't lag on the Windows platform. I do understand that in MacBooks the CPU's are for low-power use thus attenuating its speed, but it seems like the Lightroom on Mac is not optimized for new MacBooks and it doesn't take full advantage of all four cores. I might be wrong. Moreover, to add to my comment, Lightroom still doesn't have any touchbar support yet, while other Adobe products already have nice touchbar features.

I am just applying some presets on JPEG images shot at reduced megapixels using Nikon D7200 and the catalog with around 870 images only. Doesn't matter if your library is huge or small, Lightroom is sluggish in Develop module not in library module.

Many people report the same behavior in other threads. If anybody found any workaround to this problem, it would serve a larger community of photographers facing the similar issue.

Most important:

Check this thread, where this dj_paige guy annoys everyone by just asking stupid non-sense questions and not providing relevant answers, he is just boosting his points by adding replies. I don't want any reply from this guy.

Lightroom Classic CC 7.5 extremely slow on MBP 18 Touchbar - any solution?

Hi, I have been experiencing this problem on my relatively new Mac Book Pro. Although the solution seems impossible, I seemed to have fixed it. Basically, mac os blocks many Lightroom support files, which results in slow and laggy performance. In order to fix this issue I contacted adobe support via call and got on the line with a support rep who screen shared with me and changed the Lightroom support files to utilize the performance of your CPU, correctly. I highly recommend this method considering it was fast and simple. I do not recommend going into the system files and changing it on your own though. You'd  rather just speak with someone who knows what they are doing. Try this and let me know if it helps! Also, when you launch Lightroom, go to Lightroom(in the top left), click Catalog Settings<File Handling< and change the PPI to around 1000-2500ppi and change the preview quality to "Medium."

Same problem here.. new MacBook Pro touch and really running slow when editing.

Spothealing is almost impossible without a crazy amount of lag.

:s

WORRY!!

What is indicated here re Lightroom "slow" on a new MacBook is most concerning.

I wrote much more previousl, but it seems to have been 'lost' & doesn't 'show'.

So writing this basically to check.

It's frustrating that there is no one size fits all answer here. There are a few things that will contribute to slowing down your mac or pc when you are in Lightroom.

1. How many applications are open at the same time

2. How much spare disk space you have

3. Having the GPU processor checked (or unchecked)

4. Whether you are using smart previews instead of originals for editing

5. What your camera raw cache settings are and where they are stored

6. Corrupted files

The list goes on... Can you go into preferences > performance > system settings and paste them here?

Take a look at Adobe's KB article too in case there is some information here you haven't seen yet:

Optimize Lightroom performance

What size (in pixels) is your monitor?

What size (in pixels or megapixels) are your original photos?

Are you doing a lot of brushing and/or a lot of spot healing?

Is the catalog file and previews on an SSD?

When you go to the next photo and the loading is slow, are you talking about the Library Module or the Develop module or both or neither or something else?