they recommend 8gb if using photoshop as well. double that is a good place to start indeed.
On Dec 30, 2016 10:57 AM, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > LIghtroom is not lightweight. You really need more ram. I don't know > how much ram Adobe claims is the minimum to run Lightroom 6.0 or CC but > take whatever they say and double it. > > Besides being perpetually broke these days that's one of the reasons I use > a lot of old software. Once you figure out how to make it work, if you > can, it just flies on modern hardware, with less than optimal amounts of > memory. > > > On 12/30/2016 8:03 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Re started the computer after is froze and tried again. Slow to load >> but initial test photo seemed to go well. I jhave 4 Gig ram and i >> think my iMac will take more ram. Its from 2011 i think i bought it >> just prior to Xmas that year and in the About this mac screen under >> memory it shows two 2 gig slots used and 2 slots empty. >> >> Dave >> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Just restart the computer and see if it happens again. You might look >>> inside the catalog folder and see if there are any residual "journal" files >>> (they should be obvious). If there are, delete them before running LR again. >>> >>> If it does happen again, call Adobe support (or start a support chat via >>> their website) and get them to help. They're a pain to get through to, but >>> once in they provide good support. (The chats are usually the fastest thing >>> to use.) >>> >>> G >>> >>> On Dec 29, 2016, at 1:11 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> bought and installed the upgrade to LR 6. Seems to be ok at first >>>> glance then tried to exit program and it froze the computer. >>>> >>>> Oh Oh. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
