No one has been able to help me. Need to verify a fine point, Scott, please. Please confirm or correct. I want this right from the beginning. Thank you very, very much. Very helpful video, I pass the link on to my photo club members. Hope they also join you on Kelby one. File menu, go Catalog Settings. I have a question regarding the XMP file.
Are Plug-ins part of this message. Just a little confused, but at my age that is expected. Would you please explain how to find and move the catalog and preview files to the computer as mentioned in 1? Thanks for your help! Very useful post. I found importing files much faster when I transferred files using an USB 3 memory card reader and the fastest memory cards I could buy.
I guess I will delete that file on my external drive and go back to storing the catalog in its original place.
Is that what I should be doing Scott? One other thing based on that tip I have the catalog automatically being saved onto my external drive. Yeah I was kind of disappointed I just downloaded Lightroom classic and it is running super slow. So I have the catalog being backed up on my hard drive and them moved it to an external drive and also had LR automatically back up my catalog on the external.
Hey Scott — thanks for this article I definitely feel plagued by the slowness of lightroom. I seem to be doing most of the recommendations. The only thing I think I can improve on are the hardware specific ones though my machine specs out decent with 16gigs of ram and Hard drive.
Any thoughts on previews. Mine are on my local hard drive as recommended. Unfortunately, my computer is 8 years old and maxed out at 8 gigs of RAM. The SSD helps a little bit not much. I jumped on this article right away hoping I was doing something wrong and would get some snap from the app… but sadly, no.
Thanks for the tips Scott. Yet another good tip that Scott seems to have overlooked is to not allow your catalog grow too large. Hi Rob, I just read this thread trying to figure out how to get LR 6.
Not so successful. Many thanks, Frank. Lightroom 6. The only option for a newer version of Lightroom Classic is through a subscription. These are great. XMP question. If i uncheck the box, can I have Lightroom write the changes on a schedule?
So that they eventually get written? Hi, Craig. I would just ask — are you certain you need those files? All your changes are stored in your catalog.
Just checking. For me the xmp files are an additional backup feature. It is easy to create a new catalog with all your development settings for every foto as long as you have the xmp file along with the foto. I clearly need a new computer, now to convince my wife. How do I find the preview data files?
Look in Edit Preferences to locate that folder path. Paul, I can write you a letter. Can the Lightroom Catalog be stored on a storage location such as a OneDrive folder? Same with the actual images; it seems that it should very well be possible. These tips were very helpful. My Lightroom was not running slow, but I used this as a checklist to just review all my settings.
Thank you! Your email address will not be published. Scott Kelby. March 12, Tags Performance Preferences Speed. Next Article How to categorize photos using the Metadata If the Fit and Fill zoom options are slow, try using the , , or options in the Navigator panel. Process Version does take more resources than Process Version , so in some cases it could be slower.
However, it's necessary to balance the performance gain with the editing and image quality available with Process Version Although it's rare, sometimes one or more of the following issues can occur, and if they do, you may need to delete your preview cache file:.
The file that contains your thumbnail and preview data is called [Catalogname] Previews. Your thumbnails, small previews, and full size previews are kept in this Previews. Lightroom's preferences have the option of when to delete the largest previews, the previews. When you delete the previews, the size of the Previews. If you don't delete previews, the previews file can get very large.
The default setting for when the large previews are deleted is one week. The size of the preview file is reduced when these large previews are deleted, but the entire file isn't deleted unless you manually delete it.
The file doesn't become huge unless you rarely or never delete the previews, but whether it affects your hard disk depends on your available hard disk space. Note: Do not confuse the Previews. If you delete the Previews. If the option to Automatically Discard Previews is set to Never or After 30 Days, your preview file can get very large.
It can take up many GB of space. If your hard disk suddenly gets full, check the size of this file. You can then delete the file. You may get an error in Lightroom that indicates a problem with the cache; this is another time you'd want to delete your previews. If your images display with artifacts, such as colored lines, colored dots, or areas of unexpected colors, then your preview file may be corrupted, and the only way to fix this is to delete the previews.
Note that if you included previews of images in your catalog from images that you've archived, you'll lose these previews as well. If deleting the Previews. You can also change the location of this cache by clicking Choose. Note that this cache is used only by the Develop module. Adding presets to Lightroom whether created by you or a third-party can reduce performance because the Develop module generates thumbnails in the Navigator panel for each preset.
This is most strongly seen once you have 2, or more presets. Reduce the number of presets loaded into Lightroom to only those you use most often to avoid this type of slow down. Updates fix bugs and can improve performance. Make sure you're running the latest update of your version of Lightroom. Other open applications and startup items decrease the amount of memory available to Lightroom. Quit unnecessary applications, startup items, and extensions and then make more memory available to Lightroom.
When working in Lightroom, also temporarily disable antivirus or security software that performs real-time scanning or automatic backup. For instructions on disabling antivirus or security software features, see the documentation for your antivirus or security software. When you work in an application, Windows stores a temporary copy of your data file on the hard drive. Many applications create. Crashes or system errors, however, can prevent an application from deleting these files, causing them to take up disk space and create problems.
From time to time, run Disk Cleanup to remove temporary files and any other files that are not being used. As you add, delete, and move files on a hard disk, its available space is no longer a single, contiguous block. If the system does not have enough contiguous space, it saves fragments of files to different locations on the hard drive. It takes Lightroom longer to read or write a fragmented file than one saved to a contiguous location. When defragmenting a hard disk, be sure to select options to fix drive errors and recover bad sectors.
For instructions on defragmenting hard disks on Windows, see these Microsoft Help topics:. Mac OS X defragments small files automatically. Or, use a third-party utility such as Micromat Tech Tool Pro. Updates to the Windows or macOS operating system improve its performance and compatibility with applications.
Get Windows service packs and other updates from the Microsoft website. For assistance installing service packs and other updates, contact Microsoft technical support. For assistance installing updates, contact Apple technical support. Before you install a system update, check the system requirements for the Adobe software to ensure compatibility. Also check any third-party software or hardware you use with the Adobe software.
Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Optimize performance Search. Want to improve Photoshop Lightroom performance? Try some of these suggestions. Optimize your hardware and OS. Update to the most recent version of Lightroom. Exceed minimum system requirements. The requirements vary depending on the following: The types of files you work with Their sizes The total number of images in the catalog The extent of spot healing or local brushed adjustments applied to images Options that can help increase performance include: bit, multiple-core processor for best performance, up to six cores; the extra power is especially important if you use multiple or high-resolution monitors, which require more power 12 GB of RAM recommended ; At least 4 GB of RAM, more if you use Photoshop at the same time Fast hard disks , especially for the catalog and previews Find out the system requirements for your version of Lightroom.
Use a fast hard drive. Make sure that you have a large enough hard drive and enough free space. Update the graphics driver. Run Lightroom in bit mode Lightroom 4 and 3. Verify that Lightroom is running in bit mode on Windows. Start Lightroom and look at the title bar of the application.
See if "x64" appears in the title. Verify that Lightroom is running in bit mode on Mac OS. In the Finder, navigate to the Applications folder and click Adobe Lightroom 3. High-resolution displays. Use optimal settings in Lightroom.
Render previews intentionally. The report will contain no personal data. These types of software is notorious for slowing down image processing apps.
When was the last time you optimized your Lightroom Catalog? How large is the catalog? Where is the catalog stored and if externally what type of drive and how is it connected to the iMac?
The iMac Config is: 5k retina, 3. I regularly delete both of them and build previews only for images I work on - but that makes no difference to the speed at all. Thank you for posting the report. RAM is certainly one of your limiting factors. You have the slowest processor, the i5 3. These are definitely limiting Lightroom.
Other things that can speed up LR is to make sure all syncing is off. This includes LR itself, Dropbox syncing and any other apps that are accessing the internet in the background.
Make sure all other apps are closed, including Safari, any Google apps, any Microsoft apps, mail, music etc. That is a fairly clean report. Your Fusion drive is performing as well as can be expected, running at 6x to 10x the speed of the fastest conventional drives:.
To find it, you'll need to either go the Etrecheck Help menu and find out how to turn on full disk access, or use the technique in this Apple support article to find the "hog at the though. Find that process and killing it may eliminate the need for more RAM.
Stalls and high internal temps were the bigger issues. I would remove all the WD software.
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