Lightroom slow on MacBook Air M2 2023?

[fruehaufsteher2]

Since the Bacscatter XTerminator is really great I switched from editing on the iPadPro (2018) to the above mentioned MBA.

But working with Lightroom Classic and CC feels really slow, even compared to the old iPad.

 

How are the user experiences from other guys here on Waterpixels? Problem in front or behind the monitor?

 

Especially sluggish is switching from one RAW to the next...

[shokwaav]

I'm on the new M4 MBA without any issues.

 

Could it be memory usage? How much RAM do you have?

Edited March 24 by shokwaav

[fruehaufsteher2]

1 hour ago, shokwaav said:

I'm on the new M4 MBA without any issues.

 

Could it be memory usage? How much RAM do you have?

I do have 8GB of RAM, which could be one of the reasons… I tried to reinstall, cleared memory, but the MBA showes 100% of CPU usage. 

[Chris Ross]

I recall discussions about the M1 processors, they're supposed to be very good with RAM and need a lot less.  A quick google reveals lots of reports of 100% CPU usage with varying causes unfortunately most of them don't conclude.  Might be an idea to post an issue on Adobe support?

[Dave_Hicks]

27 minutes ago, Chris Ross said:

I recall discussions about the M1 processors, they're supposed to be very good with RAM and need a lot less.  

That is a total marketing BS designed to paper over the high cost of Mac memory upgrades. They are not any more efficient with RAM than other PCs, and sometimes worse because they share memory with the graphics cores. Apple recently stopped selling Macs with 8 gigs of ram with a new baseline of 16gb. 16 gigs of ram should be the minimum anyone considers. More if you are doing photo or video work as a primary use case.

[Chris Ross]

3 minutes ago, Dave_Hicks said:

That is a total marketing BS designed to paper over the high cost of Mac memory upgrades. They are not any more efficient with RAM than other PCs, and sometimes worse because they share memory with the graphics cores. Apple recently stopped selling Macs with 8 gigs of ram with a new baseline of 16gb. 16 gigs of ram should be the minimum anyone considers. More if you are doing photo or video work as a primary use case.

Good to know

 

[fruehaufsteher2]

Trying to contact the Adobe support might be anyway a good idea. I'll try.

[fruehaufsteher2]

Interestingly the support really did try to help. He updated the catalogue, changed some settings - still not as fast as I wished but way faster. Lets see.