Lion is very slow please help!

disable font preview and all things will be ok

for photoshop

saysuki wrote:

I have the same problem, and I think I found a temporary solution:

Try to go to the menu bar > Photoshop > Prefrences > Type: and uncheck "Font Preview Size"

My Ps works fine, maybe you should update your RAM. Something is wrong with your configurations because it's not PS or Lion. Late 08 MBP 5,1 15" 2.53gHz 8gb RAM

did you guys try boosting the performance of your applications under preferences>performance?

I also have oenGL turned on.

This is also Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 with latest updates.

This configuration works fine for me.

One thing I have noticed, is if you do a clean install, and zap the pram, things tend to be better, did you do just a upgrade or clean install? I have notice that clean installs are doing way better than upgrade. however, that is just my thoughts on some of the issues I see posted here.

Hi all,

Similar problems with Lion here. Slow performance at startup AND running progs (Firefox, 45 sec to open, Mail, 1 min to open).

Can't get why, it's not like I'm short on resources - Core i3 iMac, 12GB RAM.

Also have an annoying problem every boot where the MIDI device list is empty (plus greyed out screen icons for sound manipulation). Only a reboot fixes that, despite having reset the PRAM.

Cheers

TheSmokeMonster wrote: "Lion needs 4gb RAM, suggested by apple, to run smoothly."

Just to be clear, this is not the case. While 4GB or more is certainly ideal, my 2GB MacBook Air and my 3GB MacBook Pro -- both maxed out, with further RAM upgrades impossible -- run Lion flawlessly. The only issue I've seen that's likely RAM-related is that VMWare Fusion seems more sluggish than before while running Windows 7.

But when not running an emulator, I can confirm that 2GB should work fine, just as Apple mentions in its technical documents.

I'm running Lion on my iMac Core 2 Duo (2006) with 2G of RAM and I haven't noticed any slowdown.

Start up is faster than on SL, Safari launches in the blink of an eye, Photoshop works perfectly fine,...

Have you checked the integrity of your Hard drive? Have you repaired permissions, cleared caches, etc before installation?

@ TheSmokeMonster Your SSD plugs are getting a bit boring.

Where does it say that you will only get a fully operational OS with Lion if you have SSD?

And to comments that these problems are not normal, take a look around! There are already more than a tenth of the total number of threads discussing Lion than there are Snow Leopard.

I've installed Lion twice and been through all the remedies I can think of and can find on here and elsewhere (with the exception of your very UNhelpful suggestion).

I have rebooted dozens of times and if it wasn't that I needed to enter my password part way through booting, I could cook myself a full English breakfast in the time it takes before my Mac is barely functional. Even after 20 minutes, a finder window is taking upto 20s to open and then it appears empty with the SBBoD for a further 30s.

I'm sick of this. Really sick of it. I'm particularly sick of people who aren't experiencing any problems talking to those that are like they are somehow at fault, paranoid or imagining it. I virtually live with Activity Monitor open watching the Finder and kernel_task taking up CPU and Real Memory whilst I stare s the SBBoD and feel like I ought to be spending my time more constructively.

It's pretty clear to many people that this was not fully developed and not tested on a proper range of system configurations. Apple promised it in July and rushed it out to save face. They should have put it on hold, swallowed their pride (unintetional pun) and worked on it until it was ready.

Hey Alf, welcome to the discussion. What I mean to say is, a clean install with new software proves to be working fine for my mbp late 08.

you say a lot but you don't tell us anything.

First of all what computer do you specifically have? tell us the type or Model Identifier number as well as the modifications you've made to it.

what is activity monitor showing you?

Why do you keep rebooting your system? you have to let spotlight index your files and it'll take your computer some time to adjust to the new OS especially if you keep installing it.

I never said I didn't experience any problems, I am merely referring to how any problems I had were solved with a little digging and a little intuition. I'm here to help you fix your issues because I had a similar thought until I realized there was a driver at fault.

no one can help you unless you give real information.

@Eric Westby: I stand corrected. what MBP maxes out at 3gb and supports lion? Your mac air is running on SSD which is one of my points. I wouldn't dream of running Lion, PS and flash heavy browsing with just 2GB/3gb of RAM.

Why are machine specs not visible anymore on here. The reason I didn't post any details is that everything used to be visible under usernames.

I'm on a Dual Core early 2009 2.66GHz 17" MacBook Pro, 500GB HD (210GB free) 8GB RAM. No attached peripherals.

It is necessary to reboot to zap PRAM, run Repair Disk using Disk Utility, reset SMC and test various other steps to try to solve the problem. And, to be honest, sometimes it is so slow that rebooting seems like the only thing to do.

Spotlight's dreadfully slow indexing has been completed but it has re-indexed a number of times for no apparent reason, i.e. it did not coincide with any diagnostic action.

Incidentally, my girlfriends 15" 1GHz Powerbook with 1GB RAM boots in Leopard in about 5% (not an exageration, a timed fact) of the time of my MBP!

You're not going to like this idea but leave your system on and let it index everything it needs to. That being said Leopard is not Lion and will probably boot faster because it was meant for lesser machines. You definitely are having issues but I would also suggest, after spotlight FULLY indexes, that if you're still experiencing slow speeds, to do a clean install of Lion and tell me what you get. your specs are all in system information (changed from profiler) in the utilities folder.

There is much which is more annoying than people who reply authoritatively to your post without bothering to read it.

I am also having the same issue, How do I remove Lion ?