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New to Macs, help with Lightroom, please.
me | 2/14/12 | me

Posted on 02/14/2012 2:23:58 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

We are new to apple/macs, and our Lightroom software has gone a bit glitchy. Apparently I have the dreaded beach ball spiral of death or something like that. When we try to edit photos we get this beach ball spiral symbol in our software window. It almost acts like it needs reinstalling but some blogs I've read said that does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: lightroom; mac; photography; software
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Thanks for the suggestions - I do think it has something to do with ram - it worked great in the beginning but as the available ram began to shrink the system worked slower and slower. My husband took a photography workhshop in Idaho last fall, and the teacher had a mac and let the students work on it and then my husband had to have one when we got home. It’s been quite a challenge.


21 posted on 02/14/2012 9:23:35 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch ( T.G., global warming denier.)
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To: randita; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; ...
A fellow Freeper needs some advice on using Adobe Lightroom3 on his Mac. Me, I suggest using Aperture 3, instead. Less buggy, easier to use, and Photoshop friendly, facial recognition, GPS Geolocation, and a host of other benefit—PING!


Apple photo advice for Freeper Ping!

Please, No Flame Wars!
Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!
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22 posted on 02/15/2012 11:18:39 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch; Swordmaker

Get a PC - a really big one!


23 posted on 02/15/2012 11:37:55 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

Make sure the audio is turned off!

Mine did that w/ the audio on. Started saying
‘You are getting sleepy’ over and over.

Fortunately my wife cam home early and caught it just before my eyes closed.
No telling how long I would have been hypnotized.

Couldn’t resist. Have 3 Macs and love them.


24 posted on 02/16/2012 5:06:27 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: softwarecreator
This would NEVER happen if you used Linux instead of Mac. <.i>

Of course not. Nobody makes a Lightroom equivalent for Linux, a professional photography workflow solution. Darktable (oh, how original the naming) is trying to get there, but still far away. It doesn't help that color management on Linux sucks, and certain things need to be licensed.

25 posted on 02/16/2012 6:10:22 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
We are new to apple/macs, and our Lightroom software has gone a bit glitchy. Apparently I have the dreaded beach ball spiral of death or something like that. When we try to edit photos we get this beach ball spiral symbol in our software window. It almost acts like it needs reinstalling but some blogs I've read said that does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Lightroom is a DAM(digital asset manager)
similar to Aperture.

They require moving un-accessed images to referenced files

They are extremely resource intense.
i.e. the require large amounts of RAM and disk space.

I agree with others: monthly maintenance
of repairing file permissions.

In addition monthly I use Disk Warrior
to repair inodes.

iFreeMem is also worthwhile
for reclaiming leaked memory..

I prepare on a regular basis,
photo files of 500 meg
for my print shop.
and do not get spinning balls.

I use a four engine MacPro with
8 gig of memory and 3 Terabytes of disk
with an advanced video card.

Soon I will be upgrading my video card and
doubling my CPU to eight engines.

Hope this helps


26 posted on 02/16/2012 8:44:57 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: A_Tradition_Continues

“Get rid of the Apple and get a real PC.”

That has the same appeal as getting rid of a BMW in order to get a Fiat.


27 posted on 02/16/2012 10:08:15 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (Real Hope - Santorum '12!!!)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

What are the specifications of your Mac? (what model, how much memory, etc.) We would assume you are running OS X 10.7 (Lion) - but regardless, is the operating system updated to the latest (in the case of Lion - 10.7.3 would be the latest).

Not knowing what model you have, or how much memory is installed leaves us sort of hanging on that regard - Any computer with 4GB or less is asking for lags, hangs, and general frustration when doing anything beyond reading emails. That is the game regardless of operating system.

Also - be certain that you have the latest version of Lightroom.


28 posted on 02/17/2012 9:29:36 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: TheBattman
What are the specifications of your Mac? (what model, how much memory, etc.) We would assume you are running OS X 10.7 (Lion) - but regardless, is the operating system updated to the latest (in the case of Lion - 10.7.3 would be the latest).

I have no idea - if you were asking me about a PC it would be no problem but I feel like I'm in a foreign country with a new language and strange surroundings. Where is that information located? I went to the launchpad and found a disk utility function but I'm afraid to do anything with it - what if "disk utility" translates into the same PC phrase as "format hard drive" ???

29 posted on 03/03/2012 6:13:58 AM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch ( T.G., global warming denier.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Click on the black "apple" in the top left corner of the screen. Select "About this Mac". This will pop up a little window with what operating system you are running and other basic info:

Click on "More Info..." and you will get a window that resembles this (with a little more info and some tabs):

From there, you can find whatever specs, data, and info you could possibly want or need.

30 posted on 03/06/2012 8:54:04 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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