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Offline Pixel

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Photo Mechanic startup slow
« on: November 17, 2013, 07:59:55 AM »
Any idea why it takes PM so long to launch on my laptop? It's been like that for a long time no matter what OS I've been on or the version of PM. I'm currently Mac OS 10.9.x and it still takes a bit to launch. So I'm assuming it's my machine. I've repaired permissions, ran disk utility, etc. Any other ideas?
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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 09:13:21 AM »
Quote from: Pixel on November 17, 2013, 07:59:55 AM
Any idea why it takes PM so long to launch on my laptop? It's been like that for a long time no matter what OS I've been on or the version of PM. I'm currently Mac OS 10.9.x and it still takes a bit to launch. So I'm assuming it's my machine. I've repaired permissions, ran disk utility, etc. Any other ideas?

Do you have a lot of hard drives, mounted server volumes or lots of Favorites?  It may be the Favorites and Navigator that are taking a long time to get the directory contents they need.

What version of PM are you running now?

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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2013, 09:20:08 AM »
Latest version.
I do have hard drives but it takes a while to load when they're not connected as well. I also only have to two favorite folders as well.
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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2013, 12:18:50 PM »
Quote from: Pixel on November 17, 2013, 09:20:08 AM
Latest version.
I do have hard drives but it takes a while to load when they're not connected as well. I also only have to two favorite folders as well.

Would you be interested in running a logging version of PM so we can see where the time is being spent on startup?

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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2013, 01:12:53 PM »
Not sure if it has anything to do with it in your case, but  I too noticed this sometimes. In my case I have found it was explained by the fact my hard drives went to sleep in the meantime and had to spin up again (this can take quite some time).
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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2013, 08:43:47 PM »
Sure, Kurt. Whatever you need!
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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2013, 06:17:37 AM »
So what exactly is a "logging" version of PM and when do you want to get on this?
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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2013, 09:57:07 AM »
Quote from: Pixel on November 20, 2013, 06:17:37 AM
So what exactly is a "logging" version of PM and when do you want to get on this?

I sent you a Personal Message with instructions to get you started.  Please check your "My Messages" link in the top menu area.

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Re: Photo Mechanic startup slow
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2013, 09:57:59 AM »
Got it, thank you sir, I'll get on that tomorrow!
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