Titan Tahir

Q: Aperture 3.3 update my Aperture is running so slow and sticky

As per my header..Its driving me crazy.

 

Anyone else experiencing problems? I am running 10.7.4

Thanks

Tahir

MacBook Pro 17", 2.16 intel core duo

Posted on Jun 16, 2012 6:40 AM

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Q: Aperture 3.3 update my Aperture is running so slow and sticky

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 16, 2012 6:56 AM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 16, 2012 6:56 AM in response to Titan Tahir

    Hi, Tahir,

    I'd suggest to turn on Aperture's  Activity Viewer (from the main menu bar: Window > Show Activity, or press the key combination ⇧⌘0).

     

    If you don't see any useful processes making progress, (like building previews, raw processing, indexing faces), then quit Aperture and go thru the

         Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805

     

    Start with the Aperture 3 Library First Aid Tools: Repairing Permisssions, repairing and rebuilding the library/database.

     

    Post back, if that does not fix the problem. Then please  include more information about the size, type, and organization of your Aperture Library, also about the size of your RAM and the size of your hard drive - how much storage is used and how much is free.

     

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by SierraDragon,

    SierraDragon SierraDragon Jun 16, 2012 9:49 AM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 16, 2012 9:49 AM in response to Titan Tahir

    Inadequate RAM may or may not be an issue, but in your case with an early 2006 core duo laptop with 2 GB max RAM it almost assuredly is an issue. Another common cause of slowing operation is hard drives slowing as they fill, so make sure no hard drive is more than ~70% full; even less full is preferable for speed.

     

    You should evaluate whether or not you have adequate RAM:

     

    Look at the Page Outs number under System Memory on the Activity Monitor app before starting a typical Aperture work session and write the number down. Recheck the Page Outs count after working and wirite the number down again. if the page outs change (manual calculation of ending page outs number minus starting page outs number) is not zero your workflow is RAM-starved. Ignore the pie charts and other info in Activity Monitor.

     

    If your test showed that page outs increased during operation you can

     

    • add RAM (IIRC 2 GB is max on that box)

     

    • and/or simply try to run Aperture by itself

     

    • and/or switch from 64-bit operation to 32-bit operation (which will make some additional RAM space available). See Switching Kernels:

    [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773]Mac OS X v10.6: Starting up with the 32-bit or 64-bit kernel[/url]

     

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    All that said, the fact is that a 2006 core duo laptop is too weak in CPU, GPU and RAM to properly run Aperture except as a viewing device. Sorry. When you decide to upgrade stick to 2011 and later Macs that will take 16 GB RAM, noting that the newest MBPs have soldered RAM so must be initially purchased with 16 GB of expensive Apple RAM.

     

    HTH

     

    -Allen Wicks

  • by SierraDragon,

    SierraDragon SierraDragon Jun 16, 2012 9:54 AM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 16, 2012 9:54 AM in response to Titan Tahir

    Note too that RAM gets cheaper all the time, so as apps and the OS evolve they are engineered to optimize using more and more RAM. Expect RAM needs to increase over time.

     

    -Allen

  • by Titan Tahir,

    Titan Tahir Titan Tahir Jun 16, 2012 10:23 AM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 16, 2012 10:23 AM in response to Titan Tahir

    Cheers for all the help guys. I will work on this tomorrow or Monday and reply back to how i got on. My Laptop details are actially wrong on my prfile as just noticed it. So need to update.

    I actually have the 17inch Macbook Pro with 2.53 Ghz Intel Core i5 - 4GB 1067 Mhz DDR3 RAM.

  • by Mosephus,

    Mosephus Mosephus Jun 17, 2012 3:26 PM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 17, 2012 3:26 PM in response to Titan Tahir

    Mine is also running noticably slower after updating to 3.3. Mainly noticeable when quickly changing images within a library.  I could always use more ram, but this change was quite noticable right off the bat. 

  • by Disey74,

    Disey74 Disey74 Jun 21, 2012 5:31 AM in response to Titan Tahir
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    Jun 21, 2012 5:31 AM in response to Titan Tahir

    Yep, noticeable drop in speed after installing 3.3 and I've got a new imac running with 16gb of RAM. Flicking between images in the viewer there's a delay between each image which is very frustraing if you've got some 2000+ images to work through!