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Lightroom : restart new catalog can help performance ?

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Hello,

I have an 27" iMac 2012 with smth like 6000 to 7000 running hours. He is a bit weary but I don't plan to replace it as I have other priorities.

My question is does it help general performances if I create a new Lightroom Catalog ?

Developing performance is not so bad with my D850 raws, could be better but this is ok. It's more about navigating and the overall performance of LR.

I have like 250 go of pictures, I regularly optimise the catalog but it is a bit old, like 7yrs.

Best,
 
keisar said:
Hello,

I have an 27" iMac 2012 with smth like 6000 to 7000 running hours. He is a bit weary but I don't plan to replace it as I have other priorities.

My question is does it help general performances if I create a new Lightroom Catalog ?

Developing performance is not so bad with my D850 raws, could be better but this is ok. It's more about navigating and the overall performance of LR.

I have like 250 go of pictures, I regularly optimise the catalog but it is a bit old, like 7yrs.

Best,
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Exactly what performance problem (please be very specific) are you experiencing?

The general advice is that catalog size is rarely a cause of Lightroom being slow (exception: making a catalog backup does take longer with larger catalogs). There are probably a dozen more likely other reasons for having performance problems.

I would not be surprised if the speed of your old computer is the actual problem.
 
keisar said:
Hello,

I have an 27" iMac 2012 with smth like 6000 to 7000 running hours. He is a bit weary but I don't plan to replace it as I have other priorities.

My question is does it help general performances if I create a new Lightroom Catalog ?

Developing performance is not so bad with my D850 raws, could be better but this is ok. It's more about navigating and the overall performance of LR.

I have like 250 go of pictures, I regularly optimise the catalog but it is a bit old, like 7yrs.

Best,
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Do you mean 250 GB of images? That is not much. How big is your catalogue. As dj mentioned a second catalogue will probably not help.

If you open preferences - Performance tab you will find this link at the bottom. Give it a try.

 
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