Slow iPhoto

Oh sorry....i made a type mistake...it is the newest version iphoto7!
It is all up to date - OS 10.5...and iLife0(....
but very slowly....
Please excuse my mistake!

gerd

Lewis wrote:
> In article
> ,
> hurlebaus wrote:
>
> > I use iPhoto 6...newest.
>
> The current version of iPhoto is 7.1.2, it handles large libraries of
> photos much better than iPhoto 6.
>
> iPhoto 7 is part of the iLife '08 package.
>
> --
> Bart: This is the worst day of my life.
> Homer: This is the worst day of your life SO FAR.
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In article
,
hurlebaus wrote:

> newest version iphoto7...all up to date - OS 10.5...but very slowly

My iPhoto Library has fewer images than yours, but I'm running
it on a >4-year-old G4 tower, and it runs just fine.

With a MUCH newer Mac, you should not be having the trouble you report.

You might try importing 50-100 images into a NEW iPhoto Library:

Export to a new folder some test photos from your current iPhoto Library then
quit iPhoto.

While holding the [option] key, start iPhoto. It should present a dialogue
asking to either create a new library or locate an existing library. Select
NEW library and let it finish.

Import the test photos into the new iPhoto.

If the speed is still slow, the problem is probably elsewhere. I can't help
you. (sorry)

If the speed is significantly improved, your original iPhoto Library may need
repair. Delete the test/newer iPhoto Library, startup iPhoto (selecting the
original library) then quit it again.

While holding the [option] AND [command] key, start iPhoto again. Select the
rebuild function that suits your needs. Good luck.
--

JR

PowerMac G4 MDD 1.25 SP
Mac OS X 10.5.1
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On Feb 8, 12:56 pm, Shawn Hirn wrote:
> In article
> ,
>
>
>
>  hurlebaus wrote:
> > Oh sorry....i made a type mistake...it is the newest version iphoto7!
> > It is all up to date - OS 10.5...and  iLife0(....
> > but very slowly....
> > Please excuse my mistake!
>
> > gerd
>
> > Lewis wrote:
> > > In article
> > > ,
> > >  hurlebaus wrote:
>
> > > > I use iPhoto 6...newest.
>
> > > The current version of iPhoto is 7.1.2, it handles large libraries of
> > > photos much better than iPhoto 6.
>
> > > iPhoto 7 is part of the iLife '08 package.
>
> > > --
> > > Bart: This is the worst day of my life.
> > > Homer: This is the worst day of your life SO FAR.
>
> What kind of Mac do you have? Most importantly, how much available disk
> space and RAM does your Mac have? What type of images do you tend to
> keep in your iPhoto library?

a) MacBook with 2 GB memory; Disk space about 9GB

from profiler:
Modell-Identifizierung: MacBook2,1
Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 2 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1
Gesamtzahl der Kerne: 2
L2-Cache: 4 MB
Speicher: 2 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit: 667 MHz
Bus: Integriert
VRAM (gesamt): 64 MB gemeinsamer Systemspeicher
Hersteller: Intel (0x8086)
More i do not know...

gerd
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In article
,
hurlebaus wrote:

> Oh sorry....i made a type mistake...it is the newest version iphoto7!
> It is all up to date - OS 10.5...and iLife0(....
> but very slowly....
> Please excuse my mistake!
>
> gerd
>
> Lewis wrote:
> > In article
> > ,
> > hurlebaus wrote:
> >
> > > I use iPhoto 6...newest.
> >
> > The current version of iPhoto is 7.1.2, it handles large libraries of
> > photos much better than iPhoto 6.
> >
> > iPhoto 7 is part of the iLife '08 package.
> >
> > --
> > Bart: This is the worst day of my life.
> > Homer: This is the worst day of your life SO FAR.

What kind of Mac do you have? Most importantly, how much available disk
space and RAM does your Mac have? What type of images do you tend to
keep in your iPhoto library?
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On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:36:23 -0500, hurlebaus wrote
(in article
):

> I use iPhoto 6...newest. MacBook with 2GB memory; about 9GB free Space on the

> harddrive. About 24 000 pics..... Now it is so slow with import,or writing
> tags...or changing names and so one....

I have just under 9,000 pictures in iPhoto and my iPhoto library is over 19
GB. I'm just guessing, but with 24,000 pictures and only 9 GB free disk
space, it sounds like the disk may be churning.

Why don't you get a big external disk and move your library there? Or move
other stuff to the external to free up space on the internal.

--
John Varela
Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email.
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In article ,
John Varela wrote:

> I have just under 9,000 pictures in iPhoto and my
> iPhoto library is over 19 GB.

That sounds close to my setup:

8724 photos and 55 movies = 16.8 GB as stated WITHIN iPhoto.

But, get this: When queried using Get Info in Finder, my iPhoto Library
package is 34.82 GB. What's with THAT? Overhead? More than twice than what
is indicated by the iPhoto app? Very strange.

> I'm just guessing, but with 24,000 pictures and only 9 GB free disk
> space, it sounds like the disk may be churning.

9 GB SHOULD be plenty of free space. Either that or I'm missing something.
I can never forget that my first hard-disk drive was 20 MB.

> Why don't you get a big external disk and move your library there? Or move
> other stuff to the external to free up space on the internal.

That's good advice. Also, with the big external drive, he can begin using
Time Machine.
--

JR

PowerMac G4 MDD 1.25 SP
Mac OS X 10.5.1
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