I just upgraded from a 2 X 2.5Ghz G5 to a 3Ghz Mac Pro, and it certainly is faster. However, I wouldn't call LightRoom slow on my G5. Are you generating standard size previews when you import your photos? I was not, but then I selected all my photos one night before bed and had it generate previews over night and things got noticeably faster for me.
Hi Pdm,
May I please ask you how you did this?
Namely:
1. What are "standard size" previews?
Under: Preferences --> Catalog settings --> File Handling
My Standard preview size is set to 1440
Preview Quality: Medium
Automatically Discard 1:1 Previews: Never
I use a G5 iMac, it's annoyingly slow when I double click an image to see it in full screen mode (10+ seconds to go from fuzzy blur with a "Loading/Working..." message floating over the image) to a seemingly optimal image. I don't remember ever seeing the "Working" or "Calculating" (in histogram) messages in Jeff/Michael's Lightroom tutorial video. If I can set my computer to do this "work" on my whole library while I sleep and get back to it in the morning, that would be great.
Which leads me to:
2. How do I create the previews from my existing library files and at what size should I do so?
I plan on upgrading to an Intel iMac 24" (presumably 1920 x 1200) as soon as a new one is released (Santa Rosa based iMac with 4GB of RAM), so I'd like to generate previews greater than my current iMac's limits.
Do I go to my library, Command-A to select all photos, and then what? Would like to know the steps you took. Thanks in advance.