[G4] iPhoto sooo slow

Andrew T. Lynch atlynch at mac.com
Thu Apr 14 21:26:18 PDT 2005


This sounds extraordinarily slow.  I have used my 23,000 image library 
on my 1Ghz powerbook, and it is significantly faster than you describe. 
  I still won't describe it as fast, though...

-Drew

On Apr 14, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:

> I have been messing around with iPhoto a little bit today.  It is the 
> first time i have used it since upgrading to OS 10.3.8.  For some 
> reason, the beach ball will spin for over a minute before responding 
> to anything I do.  When I highlight a photo to print, or to edit, it 
> spins for ever.  When I resize my thumbnails in the library it does it 
> too.  I only have 203 photos in the library.  Is that a lot?  Is there 
> a way to work with iPhoto faster?  I never had a problem with it 
> before.  I am using a Gigabit G4 with a 1 Ghz upgrade and 1 GB of RAM. 
>  Any thoughts?

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