Q: Regenerating previews at startup
There seems to be a hardcore persistent group of about 18 files on startup which Aperture keep regenerating previews for, it slows my system right down and I can't use Apeture until the operation is completed. I've tried all three option from Rebuilding the database to repairing it but the issue perists,I have a mostly managed Library and have read it can be down to consolodation, but those files had been consolodated long ago.
What is going on?
MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), Mac OS X (10.7.3), 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Posted on Dec 17, 2012 11:56 PM
As a work-around: Have you tried to launch Aperture with the "Shift" key held down? This will defer the generation of previews and you should be able to work.
But try to find out, which images or videos are the ones, that Aperture is processing. Launch the "Activity window" directly after starting Aperture (Window > Show Activity). This window should display the version names of the images or videos that Aperture is processing. If in image is corrupted, or a video has an incompatible codec, then Aperture cannot create a preview, and will try over and over again. In this case remove the offending item from your Aperture library.
You may see the same, if you have the 3ivx codec installed,
see: Aperture 3: May be unresponsive or have slower performance with third-party video codec
Regards
Léonie
Posted on Dec 18, 2012 2:53 AM