why does iPhoto slow to a crawl

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Klaus Blume Author

Level 2

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why does iPhoto slow to a crawl

every time I open iPhoto 9.4.3, not just iPhoto, but everything slows to a crawl. How can I fix that?

Klaus

MBP, 10.7.5

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on May 28, 2013 4:44 PM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

Level 10

106,110 points

May 28, 2013 4:48 PM in response to Klaus Blume

Don't know - any more hints or details you can supply

How much RAM does your system have? How much free disc space? Do you get a spinning rainbow ball or is everything just slow? Have you run Activity Monitor and checked to see which program is slowing things down?

LN

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Answer 2

Klaus Blume Author

Level 2

328 points

May 28, 2013 5:21 PM in response to LarryHN

Thanks for your quick reply:

2GB RAM

46GB available HD space

I get the ‘spinning beach ball of death,’ that’s what I call it.

Just started up the Activity Monitor, iPhoto is consistently in the top five spots of %CPU time used.

Thanks,

Klaus

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Answer 3

LarryHN

Level 10

106,110 points

May 28, 2013 5:43 PM in response to Klaus Blume

2 GB of RAM is probably the issue - if you run only iPhoto is it better?

For example I have 8 GB on a several year old Mac and sometimes it slows down if I do too much

LN

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