Lightrooom performance drop after system migration (OSX)

[CorneliusFischer]

Hi all

Last monday I migrated my OSX system from one MacPro to another one. Since the migration I have some serious performance issues with Lightroom.

Especially the full screen mode (F-key) takes seconds to open. Hitting the space key to zoom in within activated full screen takes 5-10s to zoom in, and another 5-10s to zoom out.

I upgraded from a MacPro 6.1 (6-core, 32GB, 512SSD and D300 FirePro GPU) to another MacPro 6.1 (6-core, 64GB, 1TB SSD, D700 FirePro). So in total, my new system has the double amount of RAM and the triple amount of GPU RAM plus the nearly doublet the GPU power. But Lightroom dropped the performance massively.

Already tried deinstallation/installation of Lightroom. Optimised the catalog. Tried a small catalog from an external SSD. All with the same issue. When I switch into the fullscreen mode, I simple can not use Lightroom anymore, because it becomes damn slow.

With the upgrade, I also switched from OSX High Sierra to Mojave. Not sure if this could have an effect on LR performance. Especially because on my MacBookPro (2018 model), I run Lightroom also under Mojave and there the fullscreen mode works just fine and smooth.

Here are also my system infos.

Lightroom Classic-Version: 7.5 [ 1186149 ]

Lizenz: Creative Cloud

Spracheinstellung: de

Betriebssystem: Mac OS 10

Version: 10.14.0 [18A391]

Anwendungsarchitektur: x64

Anzahl logischer Prozessoren: 12

Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 3.5 GHz

Integrierter Speicher: 65’536.0 MB

Für Lightroom verfügbarer phys. Speicher: 65’536.0 MB

Von Lightroom verwendeter phys. Speicher: 8’876.8 MB (13.5%)

Von Lightroom verwendeter virtueller Speicher: 12’258.2 MB

Cache-Speichergröße: 6’918.6MB

Interne Camera Raw-Version: 1001

Maximale Anzahl Threads, die Camera Raw verwendet: 5

Camera Raw SIMD-Optimierung: SSE2,AVX

Virtueller Speicher in Camera Raw: 900MB / 32767MB (2%)

Physischer Speicher in Camera Raw: 901MB / 65536MB (1%)

Monitore/Anzeigegeräte: 1) 2560x1440, 2) 1920x1200

Informationen zum Grafikprozessor:

Metal: AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D700

Anwendungsordner: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Bibliothekspfad: /Users/corneliusfischer/Pictures/Lightroom/Bildarchiv.lrcat

Einstellungen-Ordner: /Users/corneliusfischer/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installierte Zusatzmodule:

1) AdobeStock

2) Aperture/iPhoto-Import-Zusatzmodul

3) Canon Tether-Zusatzmodul

4) Facebook

5) Flickr

6) FTP Upload Sample

7) JPEGmini

8) Nikon Tether-Zusatzmodul

9) Palette Plugin (V2)

Config.lua-Flags: None

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 512

AudioDeviceName: Ausgang (integriert)

AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2

AudioDeviceSampleRate: 44100

Build: 10.0x7

CoreImage: true

GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 0

GL_ALPHA_BITS: 8

GL_BLUE_BITS: 8

GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24

GL_GREEN_BITS: 8

GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 8

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 16384,16384

GL_RED_BITS: 8

GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D700 OpenGL Engine

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 1.20

GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8

GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.

GL_VERSION: 2.1 ATI-2.0.36

OGLEnabled: true

GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_instanced_arrays GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shadow_ambient GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_ARB_vertex_blend GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_bindable_uniform GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_debug_label GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_APPLE_aux_depth_stencil GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_element_array GL_APPLE_fence GL_APPLE_float_pixels GL_APPLE_flush_buffer_range GL_APPLE_flush_render GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_pixel_buffer GL_APPLE_rgb_422 GL_APPLE_row_bytes GL_APPLE_specular_vector GL_APPLE_texture_range GL_APPLE_transform_hint GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_APPLE_vertex_array_range GL_APPLE_vertex_point_size GL_APPLE_vertex_program_evaluators GL_APPLE_ycbcr_422 GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_blend_weighted_minmax GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_SGI_color_matrix GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod

[JohanElzenga]

I assume you used Apple Migration Assistant? That means you also migrated the Lightroom preferences. Maybe that is what causes the problem. There could be things in there which are computer-specific. Delete (don't just reset) the preferences and see if that works: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

[CorneliusFischer]

Thx for that hint. Just did the reset. Feels a bit faster, but still, is super slow.

[dj_paige]

I upgraded from a MacPro 6.1 (6-core, 32GB, 512SSD and D300 FirePro GPU) to another MacPro 6.1 (6-core, 64GB, 1TB SSD, D700 FirePro). So in total, my new system has the double amount of RAM and the triple amount of GPU RAM plus the nearly doublet the GPU power. But Lightroom dropped the performance massively.

It could be that initially, LR on your new computer is doing face recognition or generating previews or synchronizing with the cloud, and so you need to make sure these are not happening.

If that's not the case, you need to state exactly which actions in Lightroom are slow now. Be very specific and detailed.

By the way, RAM above 16GB doesn't really speed up LR at all (except maybe Panorama and HDR)

[CorneliusFischer]

Face recognition is switched off, cloud sync is off and I don't see any activity for previews generation.

Culling thru pictures in the library with both side bars and the film strip works fast and fluid.

But pressing the F-key to display single pictures in full screen mode, slows down everything. Culling thru pictures takes 6 seconds to load a single picture. So, the F-fullscreen (not the shift-F, which just hides the OSX window) just does not work anymore. I actually loved to use it for culling through thousands of pictures, while having a grid view on the 2nd screen. Now I can't use this way of culling pictures anymore.

Stil I can use the Shift-F full screen and just hide all sidebars. This works normal and fast.

[dj_paige]

Sounds like the 1:1 previews are not built on the new computer.

[CorneliusFischer]

They are.. I extra have rebuild 1:1 previews on the new system for the ongoing projects.