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August 15, 2025
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10 minutes to export 113 photos

  • August 15, 2025
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First fall all, could a Adobe dev explain why, like in Premiere Pro, we cannot change the amount of ram/gpu that goes is used for Lighroom by our hardware?

It toom Lightroom 10 minutes to export 113, with no other software running in the background. 
I don't even know what words to use to express my disbelief, but unfortunately this is the current state of Adobe. I don't know if it is under-developed updates, new adobe engineers, or something else,

but I hope more and more people talk about the current performance issue of Adobe.

MAC OS Sequoia 15.6
Lightroom ver 8.5

 

 

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Sameer K
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Community Manager
August 15, 2025

Hey, @szymon_5776. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll need more info to help you figure this out. Please share the system info from Lightroom Classic from Help > System info > Copy and paste into a text document > Upload and attach here. 

 

What is the image format of the original files? Does this happen with all the images? Were these images imported into Lightroom on the same device or via another surface with Lightroom? Does your export group include any video files?

 

Try this:

Move a different set of images to a new Test album. Right-click on the Test Album name. Select 'Make Album Available Offline', and try exporting a few images.

Or, 

Go to Lightroom (main menu) > Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor > Set it off if it is on Custom or Auto. If this shows any differences, please check this article to troubleshoot further: https://adobe.ly/3uYiJo4

 

Let me know how it goes. 

Thanks!
Sameer K

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