I have created a large slide show in the Photos app on my MacBook Pro running Bug Sur 11.1 and every time I try to export it, about 1/3 of the way through the export process, it crashes by computer and first freezes up and then shuts down
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Vintage prints are on of the nicer themes, that are not cropping away parts of the photo, and we can focus on one photo at a time. Many of the other themes are cropping of parts of the photo and messing up the composition - heads or feet cut off, and the objects are no longer balanced.
It is my personal taste, but a slideshow theme should respect the artistic work of the photographers, who are composing a shot by balancing the weights of the objects and shapes and colours in the scene, and are taking care that the heads and feet and the tips of the towers are included.
Vintage prints are on of the nicer themes, that are not cropping away parts of the photo, and we can focus on one photo at a time. Many of the other themes are cropping of parts of the photo and messing up the composition - heads or feet cut off, and the objects are no longer balanced.
It is my personal taste, but a slideshow theme should respect the artistic work of the photographers, who are composing a shot by balancing the weights of the objects and shapes and colours in the scene, and are taking care that the heads and feet and the tips of the towers are included.
Are you using the classic theme? There is a bug in Big Sur with the classic theme (though normally this bug results in an out of memory error).
If you can live with a different theme, try one of the others.
Thanks, I will try that. I think perhaps My problem could be coming from too many pictures also. I can’t find any information on a potential limit on the number of photos that the slideshow will allow.
Are there any videos in your slideshow? Perhaps one of the videos is in a format that is not compatible with Photos 6. Can you play the slideshow?
If all fails, split the slideshow into several smaller slideshows and combine the exported videos with iMovie to one combined slideshow.
There is no documented maximum number of photos in a slideshow. It will probably depend on the amount of memory installed on your Mac, or the available storage.
But the most limiting factor for the length of a slideshow should be the patience of your audience - the goal should be to have only the best photos in a slideshow and to keep it short. The best slideshow is a short slideshow, where the audience will say "Can we see more? A pity that it is already over", instead of falling asleep, because they need a break. For travel photos I found that 50 photos are perfect, when shown to people, who have not been our travel companions, and no more than hundred photos, when shown to the travel companions. Less is More. And pick a theme without much animation. Many themes are cropping your photos and do not give the audience a chance to see a photo clearly because of the animation. If you have really outstanding photos to show, avoid the themes with distracting effects. They are only necessary, if you have only boring photos to show.
Couldn’t find any videos where I’m going to check again as that makes sense. I wish I knew what the maximum number of photos is for a slideshow. I will try splitting it up. Thanks for your help
Though themes are a personal aesthetic.
I personally like Vintage Prints - even when my photos are fab 😎
Thanks much
I Agee, thank you. Vintage prints is pretty good and does not crash my MacBook when exporting.
All good info. Thanks
Photos app slide show problem
