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Offline Horacio

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Photo Mechanic has become very slow
« on: May 10, 2012, 11:48:54 PM »
I have PM 4.6.8 running in MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8.
As of lately PM is running slow. Opening folders takes for ever and sending pics into Trash likewise.
I had uninstalled and reinstalled it to no avail.
Any solution?
Many thanks in advance.
Horacio

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Re: Photo Mechanic has become very slow
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2012, 11:53:26 PM »
Horacio,

I have PM 4.6.8 running in MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8.
As of lately PM is running slow. Opening folders takes for ever and sending pics into Trash likewise.
I had uninstalled and reinstalled it to no avail.

Is your system low on memory when PM is slow?  What is the size of the Memory Cache in Photo Mechanic (open the Preferences dialog and then go to the 'Caching' section) and reply back with your Caching settings.

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Re: Photo Mechanic has become very slow
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 12:04:52 AM »
Disk cache size 512
reserve at least 500
memory cache size 1024

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Re: Photo Mechanic has become very slow
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 12:26:32 AM »
Disk cache size 512
reserve at least 500
memory cache size 1024

Set your Memory Cache to 512.  More isn't always better.

If your speed issues still persist, call our tech support guys at 503-547-2888 during normal business hours and they'll work through it with you.

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