I did a bit of research on how to get it to boot in 64 bit mode and found this link, but haven't tried it yet: http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-64bit.html
On May 31, 2012, at 7:03 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Charles, > > How much RAM do you have? and which version of the OS? > > LR4 is a 64bit implementation. It runs best on Lion, and runs best on > Snow Leopard when you have Snow Leopard set to boot up with the 64-bit > kernel (it's set to the 32bit kernel by default). > > 4G is enough RAM as long as most other stuff isn't running. I have > tested it on a MacBook Air running Lion, but not with an 80,000 image > catalog yet. > > As reality check, I timed startup of LR4.1 on my MacBook Pro 13" > system (1 year old, 2.4 Core Duo 2, 8G RAM, Lion, data on the external > firewire 800 drive, catalog on the internal). From double click to > ready to edit a new directory of raw files was 92 seconds. > > The MBA did the same startup with a 5000 image catalog and external > drive in about 30 seconds. More important, it runs smoothly on both > systems after startup. > > Your system is an older generation than my MacBook Pro 13", 2.5-3 > minutes for startup is likely fine. Time to throw money at the > problem... > > I'm planning to upgrade on the next round of MacBook Pro systems too. > > G > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On May 30, 2012, at 21:14, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> >>> Once Lr completes this operation, you have a fresh catalog and a >>> freshly generated set of previews which are all well-formed. This will >>> net the best possible performance, presuming the rest of the system is >>> up to snuff. >>> >> >> Sadly, something else is out of whack, because the new catalog takes just as >> long (2.5-3 minutes) to load as the original one. >> >> I've got about 100 gig free on a 7200rpm drive in my 3.5-year-old Macbook >> with 4GB of RAM. >> >> Sometime this year, the next step is going to be "throw hardware at the >> problem" but not yet, unfortunately. >> >> -Charles >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson - [email protected] >> Minneapolis, MN >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
