Why is aperture so slow
How can I improve the performance (speed) of aperture on my iMac.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Windows 7
Has Aperture always been slow, or did it start only recently?
Tell us more about your system:
- What version of Aperture and MacOS X are you using?
- How much free disk space?
- What kind of iMac? Processor? How much RAM?
- Where is your Aperture library located? Internal drive? External drive? How is the drive connected?
Independent of the hardware, can you have problems with with Aperture being slow,
- because of incompatible plug-ins
- because of corrupted media files (images, videos) in your Aperture library
- because of inconsistent database files in the Aperture library due to crashes
- corrupted preferences files or presets in your user library
- duplicate fonts or other system wide installation problems.
If your hardware is relatively new and you have plenty of RAM, check for one of the problems above, see: Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics